Sustainability – Page 5
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Podcast#14 Leaders in Investment podcast: Conversation with Günther Schiendl, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Austria’s VBV Pensionskasse
Günther Schiendl, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, VBV Pensionskasse, in conversation with IPE Editorial Director Liam Kennedy.
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NewsOsmosis Investment Management to launch Dutch fixed income franchise
The new firm will be led by former Robeco fixed income CIO Victor Verberk and is planning to launch sustainable investment-grade bond and high-yield funds within a year
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NewsGlobal net zero transition forecast remains optimistic post-Trump
The Inevitable Policy Forecast (IPF) transition report strikes a hopeful tone despite climate backlash.
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NewsDomestic policy will decide if UK benefits from net zero economy, says UKSIF
UKSIF CEO James Alexander is urging the UK government to follow advice from the UK Climate Change Committee’s seventh carbon budget
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NewsOmnibus plans: investors could be saved from future due diligence rules
Leaked documents circulated over the weekend also outline major cuts to CSRD and Taxonomy
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NewsFiduciary duty is key in achieving net-zero amid weakening global cooperation
‘Nationalism is on the rise and multilateralism is on the decline which makes international agreements to get to net zero more challenging,’ says Chris Fidler of CFA Institute
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NewsAsset managers may welcome more permanent delay to FCA's SDR rules, says PwC
Morningstar and PwC say FCA’s decision is unsurprising and signals a lack of market demand
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NewsAsset managers are blocking ESG progress, ShareAction says
ShareAction revealed 2024 to be the worst proxy-voting season for ESG-related issues in six years
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NewsMore governments and their advisers take positions on EU ‘omnibus’
Germany’s Sustainable Finance Beirat publishes opinion and Italy, Finland and the US make their voices heard
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NewsShareAction seeks to reform UK fiduciary duty law
The group aims for its amendments to be included in proposed changes made to UK Pension Schemes Bill
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NewsICSWG sets out priorities to free trustees from regulatory burdens
Group’s first paper outlines three key actions to remove barriers to sustainable investing
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NewsBlackRock names new head of sustainable and transition solutions
BlackRock says it runs more than $1trn in sustainable and transition assets
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NewsInarcassa re-invests assets in sustainable high yield bonds
The scheme also plans to boost in the next five years its alternative investments by over €900m
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NewsGermany’s Sustainable Finance Beirat pushes to amend SFDR, CSRD
Advisory group suggests improving the CSRD by reducing the number of data points required
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NewsIrcantec puts €250m into sustainable fund from Nomura
The fund is classified as ‘Article 9’ under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: UK taxonomy: good idea or bad idea?
Plus: European Commission’s omnibus initiative; NBIM on decarbonisation; NEST in talks with managers that left climate initiatives
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NewsBVI calls on Commission to exempt asset managers from sustainability reporting
Association is asking for clarification on how asset managers should treat assets invested on behalf of their clients, recommending sector-specific guidance
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NewsSustainability Principles Charter signatories adopt bulk annuity sustainability survey
The initiative aims to reduce the average number of sustainability surveys completed by insurers annually from 10 to one
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NewsEU advisers: allow estimates under green taxonomy
Major new report offers ways to cut regulation’s requirements by a third
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NewsFRC defends changes to UK Stewardship Code definition
Signatory pushback has focused on the proposals to drop explicit references to ‘environment and society’ from the Code
