All articles by Susanna Rust – Page 3
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NewsFrance elections: Asset managers digest hung parliament results, with a twist
Newly-assembled left-wing alliance gets most seats, but no majority, as right-wing grouping comes a surprise third
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NewsBigger Irish presence as EIOPA names OPSG members for new term
New faces also include Dijana Bojceta Markoja, from the Association of Pension Funds and Insurance Companies in Croatia
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NewsNSK and Menzies funds drive £569m in additional buy-ins for UK market
The deal for Menzies’ DB scheme included dovetailing with a secondary market sale of an illiquid asset
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NewsAt retirement DC phase lagging on sustainability, says Barnett Waddingham
Consultancy also reports big gap in 2023 returns between worst and best DC providers, led primarily by strategic asset allocation
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Opinion PiecesA mid-year stock take on ESG: talk is no longer cheap
It’s halftime for 2024, which offers a convenient reason to reflect on where we are with respect to ESG investing. I’d say the outlook is pretty good. That’s because, as global equity impact investor WHEB Asset Management says, the “ESG tourists – asset managers that stampeded into the sustainability market just a few years ago – are now packing their bags” as the depth and breadth of anti-greenwashing regulation bite.
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NewsIFRS Foundation takes over TPT’s transition plan disclosure resources
Step described as ‘an important milestone in the creation of global norms for transition plan disclosure’
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NewsMarked slowdown in growth of asset manager ESG headcount
Average ESG headcount jumps 60% at biggest managers
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NewsSFDR: ESAs call for ‘transition’ label, consumer testing, govvie framework
ESAs propose product classification system to replace Articles 8 and 9 categorisation, with a dedicated transition label
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NewsEU taxonomy makes ‘moderate contribution’ to net-zero transition – report
Researchers at DIW in Berlin carried out a criteria-based assessment of 26 taxonomies, with the EU’s netting the highest number of points but still falling short of a ‘high contribution’ result
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NewsEuropean elections: EPP messaging key as centrists hold
Greening of the economy is here to stay, but investors should be prepared for polarised debates
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NewsLib Dems ‘hint at regulatory action for poor climate risk management’
Liberal Democrats’ manifesto is the first of the general election
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NewsNet zero investing: ‘Organisational resilience will be tested’
Paper on net-zero investing also says ‘there may be reasons to accelerate or decelerate the investor’s path toward achieving net-zero emissions, depending on the energy transition pathway’
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FeaturesCorporate transition plans need to spell out net-zero dependencies
Corporate climate transition plans are gaining momentum globally. Essentially, these are reports about how a company plans to achieve emission reduction targets, but the idea is that the company will have engaged in strategic thinking and planning to produce such a plan, rather than just churn out more disclosures.
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NewsBrunel frees up stewardship resources with help of AI
£35bn pension asset pooling company introduces AI in stewardship evaluation
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NewsIIGCC preps expansion of ‘beyond Climate Action 100+’ engagement initiative
Investor signatories of the Net Zero Engagement Initiative have until 31 May to have their say on the company focus list and engagement strategy for the initiative’s second year
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News‘Major improvement’ in sight as EU ministers agree on withholding tax rules
Agreeement on FASTER Directive could be very relevant to the goal of deepening European capital markets
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NewsBrightwell drops head of sustainable investment role after Barron exit [updated]
Victoria Barron resigned after four years at the organisation to explore new opportunities in sustainable investment
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NewsShell investors urge peers over climate resolution
Votes cast will ‘resonate across the fossil fuel industry’, say major Shell investors in a briefing for their peers
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NewsCBI, CSSF finalise yield buffer rules for sterling LDI funds
Measures complement guidance issued by UK regulators in wake of UK LDI crisis
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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
