United States – Page 8
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US SEC proposes asset management ESG disclosure rules
US regulator wants ’consistent and comparable’ disclosures to fight greenwashing
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AkademikerPension to focus on human rights, tax at Meta, Amazon AGMs
Danish pension fund CIO says much more transparency needed in many of Facebook’s business areas
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NewsUS SEC charges AGI and portfolio managers with securities fraud
AllianzGI announces plans to unload US business to Voya
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Opinion PiecesUS: The SEC’s new climate disclosure rule is a watershed
Most investors, asset managers and consultants look like they are in favour.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: US pension funds decide on Russian holdings
“We support efforts at all levels of government and across the public and private sectors, which include cross-functional and multi-agency partnerships, to divest State Treasury and pension funds from investments in Russian-domiciled companies. We are committed to taking steps that include divesting as soon as possible to have the quickest and most meaningful impact on this tragic situation.”
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Inflation spotlight on central banks
Not often far from the action, central banks have been centre stage in 2022 as one after another in the developed markets reveal their hawkish intents. The speed and synchronicity with which they have shifted has been pretty remarkable, with only the Bank of Japan not yet joining other main central banks.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: ESG faces backlash in some US states over fossil fuels
Is there a backlash against the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing movement?
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Sampension to shift climate engagement towards real target-setting
Danish pension fund concludes long-running dialogues with two companies, resulting in ‘noticeable climate progress’
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: Liquidity tops the agenda for US pension plans
Monitoring and managing liquidity will be a major issue for many US pension funds in 2022. The risk of a liquidity crunch affects public systems above all, but corporate plans are not immune.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: Crypto currencies gain a toe-hold in America’s 401(k) retirement plans
Crypto investing is not going to become mainstream any time soon in 401(k) plans. But the US retirement market is becoming more and more sophisticated – investors are becoming interested in digital assets, and asset managers, platform providers and consultants are all developing digital products and services.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: University endowments setting the pace on fossil fuel divestment
US university and college endowments control more than $600bn (€517bn) of investments. Their policies often influence the behaviour of public pensions. So it is interesting to see whether Harvard’s recent decision to end its investments in fossil fuels will be followed not only by other universities but also by retirement systems.
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FeaturesBriefing: Insurance-linked securities
Hurricane Ida in late August and early September caused great damage to the southern coast of the US. Fortunately, for people in this area, insurance policies often cover destructions to their properties. Since covering such damage can lead to severe losses for insurance companies, they are keen to reinsure themselves.
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AP7 hails US class action win as lead plaintiff against China’s Luckin Coffee
Gröttheim calls case clear example of how AP7 holds companies liable for mistakes that hit shareholders
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: SEC looks towards mandatory ESG disclosure by companies
October will be an important month for investors and corporations as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will then propose new rules on climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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Pension funds, investors set grand plan to make steel sector decarbonise
‘Business as usual no longer acceptable,’ says Sweden’s AP funds ethics chief
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NewsGrowing foreign assets make Danish pensions an ‘export engine’, says IPD
Statistics show bigger swing to foreign assets for market-rate pensions than for average-rate side
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: Hybrid plans in focus
The move from defined benefit (DB) pension plans to defined contribution (DC) has been ongoing for years in the US, both in the private and public sector. But more recently many state and local governments have adopted hybrid designs.
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NewsNorway’s SWF bemoans patchiness of US firms’ climate reporting
NBIM finds stronger climate reporting practices from tech, retail than banking and auto sectors
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: The rise of the new alternatives
Pension funds and other institutional investors used to invest in hedge funds aspiring to outperform public stock and bond benchmarks. Now, after years of disappointing performances, they have changed their attitude. They still invest in hedge funds, but the new expectation is simply to get a few percentage points above the return on zero risk investments.
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Asset Class ReportsUS Equities: Challenges for US active managers
Active managers are grappling with several key themes as they deal with a concentrated market until recently buoyed by stimulus
