All articles by Susanna Rust – Page 9
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Country ReportSolvency UK: tweaks likely to bring only marginal gains
The UK’s reforms of the Solvency II framework are unlikely to be enough to usher in a big wave of investment in domestic productive assets by insurers
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NewsEnel KPI miss ‘a watershed moment’ for sustainability-linked bond market
Price reaction was swift, with the affected SLBs outperforming unaffected Enel instruments by 0.59% on average
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NewsNature Action 100 unveils benchmark indicators for assessing corporates
Companies will be assessed on the quality of their disclosures and actions
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NewsMandate nature transition plans, finance sector urges governments
Although climate transition plans must incorporate nature, there is a specific need for dedicated nature transition plans
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NewsPension funds put Paris Agreement alignment ask on Equinor AGM ballot
Norwegian oil company is saying shareholders should vote against the resolution
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NewsAlecta, APK back $436m Amundi-IFC impact-oriented EM bond fund
Public-private partnership aims to encourage issuance of green, social and sustainability-linked bonds in emerging markets
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NewsFRR nets 9.68% in 2023 as return asset boost brings H2 benefits
Reserve fund also announces that CIO Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr has been appointed to executive board
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NewsRobeco to start with Asia for new climate transition investing strategies
Dutch asset manager says it is introducing investing in transition assets in public markets
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NewsUK regulator paves way for return of client-funded investment research
FCA consults on allowing asset managers to bundle payments again, with ‘guardrails’
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NewsGrant Thornton fined for below par audit of UK local authority pension fund
Failures included obtaining insufficient evidence that the value of investments was materially accurate
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NewsFinancial accounting rules could lower clean-energy returns relative to fossil fuels
Oxford University researchers see banking rules containing ‘structural barrier to achieving net zero in Europe’
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NewsFrench institutional investors team up in biodiversity fund drive
The investors will launch a call for proposals by the end of July
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NewsCreate clear transition taxonomies to support net zero efforts, rulemakers told
CFA Institute also recommends economic feasibility disclosures as part of transition plans, and WACI changes
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NewsEIOPA presents pension fund investments’ alignment with EU green taxonomy
European supervisory authority published figures in ‘factsheet’ format
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NewsForecasting body alerts investors to nature, land use policy momentum
‘Material and credible’ policy announcements on nature and land use doubled over the last 12 months, says Inevitable Policy Response
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NewsLuxembourg’s FDC receives OECD responsible business complaint
Fonds de Compensation (FDC) says it is not in scope of the OECD guidelines
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NewsBrunel, USS to sit on UK wealth fund advisory body for Labour Party
£7.3bn of public capital has been proposed for the opposition party’s envisaged National Wealth Fund
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NewsNew responsible investment policy gives LPFA ‘greater clarity, direction’
Over 3,000 members – out of more than 97,000 – responded to LPFA’s survey, indicating they identify more strongly with social issues than environmental ones
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NewsPeople’s Pension shifts £15bn to EU Climate Transition Benchmark strategy
Developed market equities allocation in accumulation fund now tracks MSCI Climate Change Indexes, which are designed to exceed the minimum requirements of the EU CTB methodology
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NewsInstitutional investors wanted for plastic pollution message to governments
Unique opportunity seen to contribute to UN negotiations on an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution
