September 2025
25Sep

We need to harness pensions to progress the SDGs and economic prosperity

A decade after their adoption, the UN Sustainable Development Goals still need trillions of dollars of investment. Ten years ago today, the UN Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by 193 states at the UN General Assembly in New York. Celebrities from Beyoncé to Stephen Hawking and Malala backed the launch. The then-US President Barack Obama called it a historic achievement. He also warned that emerging and developing nations, “don’t just want aid, they want trade. They want businesses. They want investment”. In...

September 25, 2025
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25Sep

UK. ESG as part of investment strategies

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations have become central to pension scheme investment strategies. As major institutional investors, pension schemes are at the forefront of an evolving regulatory and stakeholder landscape that demands both compliance and meaningful action. The ESG imperative for pension schemes ESG is no longer a ‘nice to have’ for schemes’ investment considerations. As the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has recently stated, awareness of and managing systemic risks is now a core part of effective trusteeship. It's a statutory...

September 25, 2025
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August 2025
28Aug

US. BlackRock decries ‘politicizing’ pension fund management

Top asset manager BlackRock (BLK.N), opens new tab on Wednesday pushed back against pressure from U.S. Republican and Democratic officials, saying both sides have injected politics into the running of retirement assets and it only seeks to fulfill its fiduciary duties to clients. The message isn't new but it came in an unusual memo the company sent to 43 state treasurers, auditors and other officials of both major political parties, seen by Reuters. In late July, 26 Republicans signed on to a letter, opens...

August 28, 2025
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26Aug

Dutch Central Bank strengthens nature risk rules for pension funds

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) has revised its guide on managing climate and nature-related risks, originally introduced in 2023. The move follows growing concerns about the impact of climate change and biodiversity loss on the Dutch financial system, particularly pension funds and insurance companies. The updated guidance reflects DNB’s expectation that pension funds must identify and manage climate and nature risks effectively. It also introduces enhanced best practice recommendations, shaped through consultations with industry stakeholders such as Ortec Finance. As part of its...

August 26, 2025
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07Aug

UK. FCA Looks to Simplify Sustainability Reporting Requirements for Asset Managers, Insurers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets, announced plans to streamline and improve its sustainability reporting framework for asset managers, life insurers and pension providers, including examining how to simplify disclosure requirements and ease regulatory burdens on firms. The announcement follows a review carried out by the FCA of the results of climate reporting rules put in place by the regulator in 2021, which required asset managers, life insurers and FCA-regulated pension...

August 7, 2025
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July 2025
31Jul

México. Iniciativa para combatir riesgo climático en sistema de pensiones

Actualmente -acorde con un comunicado de la Corporación Financiera Internacional (IFC)-, las Afores en México administran más de 7.19 billones de pesos (aproximadamente USD$358 mil millones), lo que representa el 21% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) nacional. Gracias a las reformas y los incrementos salariales en México, se prevé que sus activos bajo gestión sigan creciendo, pudiendo alcanzar entre el 35% y el 40% del PIB para 2035. En este sentido, la IFC, miembro del Grupo Banco Mundial, junto con el CFA Institute y la Asociación Mexicana de Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Amafore),...

July 31, 2025
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29Jul

El mayor fondo de pensiones del mundo aumenta su exposición ESG

El Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) de Japón, el mayor fondo de pensiones del mundo con 249,8 billones de yenes (aprox. 1,72 billones de euros) en activos, refuerza su compromiso con la inversión ESG (medioambiental, social y de gobernanza) ampliando su enfoque hacia la sostenibilidad. Kazuto Uchida, presidente del GPIF, explica que las estrategias ESG están evolucionando para abordar un abanico más amplio de cuestiones de sostenibilidad, lo que contribuye al crecimiento económico global y al desarrollo de los mercados...

July 29, 2025
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24Jul

Why nature-related risk is the next strategic priority for pension schemes

Climate-related risk is now firmly embedded in trustees’ responsibilities and consciousness. However, the broader environmental agenda, including biodiversity loss, natural capital depletion and ecosystem degradation, impacts pension schemes (through investment implications, economic stability generally and the long-term financial wellbeing of members) and now demands board-level attention. With the World Economic Forum ranking biodiversity loss among the most severe global risks, stakeholders are increasingly recognising that reporting frameworks should reflect its value. In 2024, 320 organisations from over 40 countries (accounting...

July 24, 2025
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11Jul

UK. DC pensions continue to back Net Zero despite ESG backlash

Barnett Waddingham’s latest DC Sustainability Report finds a 34% increase in allocations to funds with a climate target in the growth stage since original 2021 report. Despite this, providers have on average 35% of growth assets exposed to investment managers who have stepped away from climate collaboration initiatives. Misalignment between UK DC schemes and global asset managers on sustainability requires a strategic shift to ensure ESG ambitions are fulfilled.     Against the backdrop of anti-ESG sentiment among many global institutional investors,...

July 11, 2025
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07Jul

Japan’s US$1.7 trillion fund boosts ESG holdings as others flee

Japan’s US$1.7 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has added to its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments, rejecting the shift away from green strategies by many global asset managers. GPIF held about 18.2 trillion yen (S$160.5 billion) of assets tracking ESG indexes at the end of March – or 14.7 per cent of the fund’s equity investments – up from 17.8 trillion yen a year earlier, according to documents published on Friday (Jul 4). The fund posted a quarterly...

July 7, 2025
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