Asset Managers – Page 29
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Keith Ambachtsheer: CFA Institute global pension index support ‘timely’
Pension expert welcomes association’s involvement given importance of ‘savings-to-investment conversion process’
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NewsFCA develops principles to tackle greenwashing concerns
UK regulator to shortly start discussing principles with industry
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LGPS TCFD consultation among myriad UK green finance plans
Chancellor announces mandatory TCFD reporting, green bond, green taxonomy plans
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NewsUK roundup: Minister backs work on pooled fund split voting barriers
AMNT calls for government-led working group to tackle ‘surmountable’ barriers to split voting
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Natixis completes Ostrum restructuring in JV with La Banque Postale
Ostrum will be looking to boost ESG integration within its corporate fixed income team of around 20 analysts
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NewsCampaign group’s RI bill tackles fiduciary ‘best interests’ duty
Model legislation would also require UK government to set up ‘UK Council for Investor Due Diligence’
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Emissions data status quo dilutes investor climate action impact
Research Affiliates publishes research, launches EU climate benchmark index aiming to drive more company emissions reporting
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FeaturesPerspective: Manager selection in a pandemic
The social distancing restrictions imposed to contain COVID-19 have made external asset manager selection more demanding, but investors are adapting
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NBIM’s Tangen sets out three priorities for sovereign fund
Norway’s new oil fund chief warns of difficulty finding suitable unlisted infrastructure assets
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Brunel chooses three for £1.2bn sustainable equities fund
Strategy goes beyond ESG risk to target exposure to companies providing sustainability solutions
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UK standards body delivers second sustainable finance ‘specification’
‘PAS 7341’ distinguishes between, and sets requirements for responsible investment management and sustainable investment management
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Sweden roundup: Agency softens predicted hit to income pension
Plus: SPK bonds to equities reallocation boosts YTD returns; Länsförsäkringar market-rate product contributions up 18%
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NewsProgress on diversity in investment ‘disappointingly slow’, says WTW
Consultancy aims to seek out more new managers that have diverse teams
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Asset managers split over UK corporate TCFD reporting rule approach
Aviva backs comply-or-explain rather than mandatory route, but with annual AGM vote
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PRI kicks off multi-year human rights programme
Move encouraged by observation that UN Guiding Principles ‘a focal point around which policy around the world is converging’
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NewsPension funds and the EU’s inaugural SURE bonds
Some contributed to a record order book, some did not
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ESG is huge opportunity for European managers – report
But asset managers warned ‘you cannot have your cake and eat it’
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London CIV launches global equity core fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management awarded mandate
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News‘Dramatic’ rise in factor investing fixed income applicability belief – study
Belief is now near-universal, compared with 70% last year and 62% in 2018 edition of Invesco’s global factor investing study
