01/15/2021
Aegon commits to net zero across its default pension funds by 2050
A survey of 1,375 consumers, carried out by Aegon in December, found 77 per cent agreed that climate change was an important risk when investing for the future
ESG
01/14/2021
Barclays' UK retirement fund to screen for climate risk in £1.3bn growth portfolio
Climate risk and ESG factors to be integrated into £1.3bn diversified growth portfolio used for Barclays UKRF defined contribution pension scheme
01/11/2021
Pension funds put wind in sails of big projects with £500m stake
Pension funds tend to favour investments in infrastructure because they generate a long-term and reliable stream of cashflows that help them to match their assets with their liabilities to pay retirement benefits over decades.
01/04/2021
Public pension plans must adopt rules for long-term sustainability
The Tax Reform Act of 2006 for private pension plans requires plans to make reductions to benefits if the plan falls below statutorily defined funded levels.
01/04/2021
What does 2021 hold for sustainable investing?
Quiroz believes these two trends of technological transformation and climate awareness will collide in 2021
12/29/2020
DB pension plans and climate scenario risk analysis
Whether or not we take strong policy action and try to restrict [carbon] emissions, or whether we don’t really restrict the emissions at all and we allow the worst physical impacts of climate change to hit us
12/29/2020
Time is now for Canada’s public pension giants to invest in a safe climate future
Aligning our pensions with climate safety isn’t just the ethical thing to do, it’s the smart financial move.
12/24/2020
ESG Causes Pension Investment Strategies To Underperforms Passive Funds
A new study looks at the best and worst-performing state pensions and their investment strategies compared to passive fund
12/23/2020
UK pension fund picks Storebrand to run €440m climate mandate
The strategy aims to demonstrate lower carbon risk with better climate solutions and ESG scores than the index.
12/18/2020
The 12 ESG challenges of Christmas
Through our Soapbox we will continue to shout about innovative companies that are making a difference while also resolutely calling-out behaviours that need to change.
12/18/2020
How to save the planet? Richard Curtis says it involves pensions, actually
Director of much-loved Christmas film wants people to be aware of what investments may finance
12/16/2020
UK’s NEST goes climate aware in EM equities, to double allocation
The new strategy will track a customised index produced in collaboration with Northern Trust Asset Management that will tilt investment in companies based on a score calculated on three key components: energy efficiency, alternative energy, and green buil
12/16/2020
Pension scheme Nest to ramp up green energy and buildings investments
The move will also take Nest's investments in dedicated "climate-aware" strategies to almost £8bn from February 2021
12/11/2020
Not Perfect but on Right Track: Pension Fund Climate Report
Insurer AXA in a June 2020 report had estimated that oil and gas company returns would fall by 40% over the next decade.
12/09/2020
Unfunded pension liabilities as the key to ageing, climate challenges?
The state could then become a dominant purchaser of the greener energy and deliver it back to future pensioners in the form of energy as a service.
12/09/2020
Canadian pension giant launches UK renewables business
The business is chaired by Shaun Kingsbury, former chief executive of the UK Green Investment Bank.
12/08/2020
Fidelity International Launches Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Report
The report is based on the 4 “pillars” of TCFD recommended disclosures, namely: Governance; Strategy; Risk Management and Metrics and Targets.
12/02/2020
Pension fund invests £40m in renewable energy plant
Greencoat Capital acquired Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant in June 2020.
12/02/2020
Over a third of savers would up pension contributions to support the environment
Corporate governance meanwhile, was ranked as the most important consideration by 11 per cent, and societal impact by 6 per cent.
11/30/2020
Climate change - The low-carbon transition
These policy shifts will drive major changes in business across entire value chains from product design to production, distribution and recycling.