All articles by Susanna Rust – Page 69
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UK seeks to boost impact investing sector with new initiative
The Impact Investing Institute brings together two existing bodies that have been working to expand impact investing in the UK
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Features
ESG: Evolving non-financial reporting
This month, the European Commission is due to release guidelines on climate-related reporting by companies.
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UK regulator adopts rules to boost stewardship transparency
New rules to implement revised Shareholder Rights Directive push asset managers to disclose engagement policy and explain contribution to long-term value
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NewsUncertainty persists over Ireland’s IORP II transposition
Minister says drafting of regulations is ‘at an advanced stage’ – but a judicial review filed by trustees means the timeline is still unclear
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FCA urged to investigate fund manager voting policy ‘market failure’ [updated]
Pensions minister tells ‘obstructive’ fund managers to shape up on corporate governance after trustee association files official complaint with UK regulator
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Border to Coast primes managers ahead of £6bn fixed income search
£45bn local authority pension pool will soon start the manager selection process for sterling investment grade and multi-asset credit mandates
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Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive backs UK proxy voting firm
Solactive has made a ‘significant strategic’ investment in Minerva Analytics, which was founded after a management buyout of Manifest
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Asset manager roundup: Allianz GI preps institutional trade finance fund
Plus: APG moves to close 2.2% gender pay gap; Renowned investor George Soros buys into Swiss asset manager GAM
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NewsFrance’s FRR awards €1.7bn domestic, European small cap mandates
Award concludes search launched in April last year, with US small cap and Japanese equity searches still outstanding
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£45bn local authority investment pool appoints permanent chair
Gerald Cooney, vice-deputy of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, has taken over from Paul Doughty at the Northern LGPS
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BP investors press company on climate change reporting, targets
Management-backed shareholder resolution gets more than 99% of votes, but Follow This hails backers of its separate resolution as the ‘heroes’
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Sustainability accounting standards investor group expands
NBIM, Brunel Pension Partnership and Canadian pension funds among 15 new members of advisory group
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Swiss voters approve €4bn recapitalisation of Geneva pension fund
A plan worth CHF4.4bn will take the Swiss canton’s public pension scheme to a funding level of 75%, but without a DB to DC shift
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NewsSSGA presents ‘game-changing’ ESG scoring system
SASB-based transparent system incentivises companies to improve practices and reporting of environmental, social and governance issues
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Swiss back top-up cash for state pension fund in referendum
Proposal, which was linked to corporate tax reform, foresees an extra CHF2bn (€1.8bn) annually for state pension plan from 2020
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German minister demands mandatory workplace pensions
At pension association aba’s annual conference in Bonn, politicians appear impatient for improved workplace pensions coverage
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UK public pension pool allocates $60m to private equity impact fund
Allocation made on behalf of four of Brunel Pension Partnership’s local government pension scheme clients as impact investing appetite grows
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Investors urge UK to act on 2050 zero emissions target advice
The UK’s business and energy secretary has pledged that the government ‘will do more’ amid grpwing investor pressure for action
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ESMA: ‘We need to be more nuanced about sustainability’
Sustainability is about more than a binary choice between ‘brown’ and ‘green’ assets, says Europe’s top financial regulator
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What does aligning with the Paris climate agreement mean?
An asset owner project launched by the IIGCC aims to develop a common understanding and support implementation of the landmark agreement’s aims
