March 2021
09Mar

Why SFDR is a gamechanger for the ESG landscape

Requirements emanating from the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which are broad in scope, impacting not only asset managers but also other financial market participants including the likes of insurers, pension providers, as well as qualifying venture capital and social entrepreneurship managers. Julian Ide explains the significance of the SFDR In recent years, the demand for ESG products from investors has grown quite rapidly with no signs of slowing down. Investors increasingly want products that better reflect their values and beliefs,...

March 9, 2021
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03Mar

Can the United States accelerate sustainability in financial regulations?

In the last few years, while multiple countries have made progress in developing sustainable-finance plans to help direct investment to climate solutions and environmentally beneficial companies and products, the United States, under the administration of former President Donald Trump, moved to weaken environmental regulations and discourage sustainable investing. With the arrival of President Joe Biden’s administration, the United States could rapidly roll out policies to make up lost ground. Sustainable-finance plans advance globally Around the globe, countries are stepping up to...

March 3, 2021
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02Mar

Transitioning fixed-income portfolios to low-carbon assets

Asian asset owners, particularly pension funds and insurance companies, are in danger of losing massive amounts of the value of their assets unless they can transition their fixed-income portfolios to low-carbon assets on time to meet the targets set in the Paris climate agreement. Since fixed-income assets make up the bulk of their portfolios, these institutions must be able to transition their portfolios to achieve the target of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably to 15°C,...

March 2, 2021
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February 2021
25Feb

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

Despite more than 75% of the UK's local councils declaring a climate emergency, their pension funds are still pouring billions into fossil fuels the world over. A new report from campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Friends of the Earth Scotland reveals UK local government pensions held $14 billion in fossil fuel investments last financial year. The analysis said it equates to about $2500 invested in fossil fuels for each of the 6.8 million people...

February 25, 2021
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19Feb

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark

By top1000funds.com and CME The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark is a world first global standard for pension disclosure, bringing a focus to transparency in a bid to improve pension outcomes for members. The GPTB ranks 15 countries on public disclosures of key value generation elements for the five largest pension fund organisations within each country. The GPTB focuses on the transparency and quality of public disclosures with quality relating to the completeness, clarity, information value and comparability of disclosures. The overall country...

February 19, 2021
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18Feb

The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark launches in a bid to improve pension outcomes for members

The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark has revealed the opportunity for improvement in pension fund disclosure transparency around the globe. Read also Ten degrees of sustainability The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark is a world first global benchmark measuring transparency of pension disclosure, bringing a focus to transparency in a bid to improve pension outcomes for members. Read also ESG-Conscious Money Managers Are Pension Funds’ Top Consideration The GPTB ranks 15 countries on public disclosures of key value generation elements for the five largest pension...

February 18, 2021
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18Feb

Ten degrees of sustainability

By Tanya Broadfield In November, when COP26 takes place in Glasgow, the eyes of the world will be looking at what progress the UK has made towards delivering sustainability targets to support net zero and the tackling of climate change. Savills has identified 10 drivers of change we can expect to hear more about this year. 1. TCFD and climate transparency A raft of sustainability disclosure requirements is coming and The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is leading the way. Since January,...

February 18, 2021
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17Feb

Un impulso a la cooperación. Alternativas de políticas para América Latina y Corea

Por Paolo Giordano E l presente informe Un impulso a la cooperación: Alternativas de políticas para América Latina y Corea ha sido elaborado para la Cumbre Empresarial Corea-ALC, celebrada en Seúl, República de Corea, los días 7 y 8 de octubre de 2019, auspiciada por el Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Corea y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y organizada en conjunto con el Banco de Exportaciones e Importaciones de Corea y la Agencia de Promoción del Comercio y...

February 17, 2021
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17Feb

ESG-Conscious Money Managers Are Pension Funds’ Top Consideration

Pension funds and insurers are now looking for more socially responsible money managers. According to a recent global poll conducted by Bfinance, over 60% of pension funds and insurers said they were unlikely to hire an equity manager who is not a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment, the world’s biggest industry body for sustainable investing, Bloomberg reports. The survey also showed that about a third of respondents wouldn’t appoint a hedge fund manager that lacked gender or ethnic diversity...

February 17, 2021
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15Feb

How your retirement investments can help protect the environment

As a climate-conscious consumer, you might already be cutting down on your water use, buying from eco-friendly companies for your everyday needs, and making the switch away from single-use plastic. But have you thought about how your money is impacting the environment when it's not in use? Take your retirement account. If you're lucky enough to have retirement investment options, you most likely consider it a "set it and forget it" kind of decision. But there's good reason to go...

February 15, 2021
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