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Aegon Asset Management has become the latest fund manager to sign up to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. Its parent company, Aegon NV has also signed up to the Net Zero...

UK pension schemes fund an estimated 330m tonnes of carbon emissions every year according to new research. This analysis, by the campaign group Make My Money Matter and research house Rote2, says...

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has pointed the finger at defined benefit schemes for being behind the curve on climate transition. The asset managers says that the typical DB scheme is...

Cushon has launched a new investment strategy that has a 15 per cent allocation to private markets through Schroders, the biggest in the master trust sector, it says. The provider says its...

The government has today published its roadmap for ‘greening’ the financial services sector in the UK.  Key to this is the introduction of new sustainability disclosure requirements, which will incorporate and expand...

The government has today published its roadmap setting out the steps needed to make the UK a leader in sustainable and ‘green’ investments. As part of this roadmap the government will introduce...

The revolution in the master trust sector has continued its seemingly relentless progress despite the pandemic.  The big drivers remain political and regulatory pressure to improve standards and offer better value for...

Large DB pension schemes are lagging the DC pension sector when it comes to addressing climate change, with more than seven out of 10 schemes failing to set ‘robust’ net zero targets...

The government has two over-riding priorities for the occupational DC market in the year ahead: encouraging more investment into ‘productive finance’, and accelerating consolidation, particularly among smaller pension schemes. Speaking at the...

Challenges remain for pension schemes in the transition towards net zero, despite consensus across the industry that this is a right way to progress. Debating some of the potential pitfalls ahead at...