Hymans Robertson has appointed Paul Hewitson to the newly created role of head of ESG for risk transfer. This role recognises the increasing importance of ESG and responsible investment considerations for trustees...
Transitioning to a low carbon economic system is arguably the greatest challenge the modern economy has ever faced. The UK’s workplace pension funds are stepping up to the plate to play their...
Aviva Investors has appointed Sam Tripuraneni as its new head of sustainable outcomes. In this role Tripuraneni will oversee the firm’s stewardship and sustainable outcomes franchises, encompassing the climate transition, social transition...
Pension funds are increasingly looking towards frontier markets for diversification according to new research. This survey of European pension funds, institutional investors and wealth managers found that the majority (85 per cent)...
Standard Life has now switched 87,000 members savings through its master trust default, into a new sustainable default option. This is the first stage of its process to transfer all its existing...
By 2026 half of all bonds issued in Europe will be green, social or sustainable bonds according to new market data. PwC Luxembourg’s new report estimates that there will be between €1.4trillion...
A report published in October last year exposed a worrying link between pension schemes and climate change.The research, conducted by Make My Money Matter, an organisation which describes itself as a ‘people-powered...
Aegon is investing £3bn of its workplace default fund into a new range of BlackRock’s ESG index funds — effectively doubling exposure to sustainable investments for growth stage investors. Growth stage investors...
The National Pension Trust is launching a new sustainable default strategy. This shift to its default strategy will affect around 44,000 members invested in this master trust. In total around £978m of...
One in three DB schemes are using the GMP equalisation programme to improve member options available at retirement, according to new research. Aon’s latest ‘Member Options Survey’ shows that a growing number...
