The industry has given a cautious welcome to Government plans to divert pension funds into green projects to help meet the country’s net zero target. Reports have indicated that the government will...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published the list of asset owners, asset managers and service providers who are signatories to its new tougher stewardship code. In the list of asset owners...
David Farrar, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) senior policy manager, is joining Nest on secondment to work on climate change, responsible investment and other evolving policy areas. Farrar joins Nest...
On 22 April 2016, also known as Earth Day, the Paris Climate Agreement was officially signed in New York. After months of negotiations the year before in the Le Bourget area of northeast Paris,...
Climate change is now a top priority fo pension providers who are increasingly moving towards low-carbon investments within DC defaults, according to new research. Punter Southall Aspire new DC Default Strategy Survey...
Nico Aspinall has left his role as chief investment officer of B&CE, which offers The People’s Pension master trust, and will join impact investors, Connected Asset Management. Aspinall will be will become...
The long-term increase in temperature the world is on course for has now fallen for three consecutive quarters as carbon prices and the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) continue to increase according...
LCP is urging trustees not to underestimate the challenges of climate change regulation, as a new survey from the pension consultants shows more than one in four DB schems are aiming for just “minimum...
Robeco has expanded its sustainable investment research team with four new appointments. Rachel Whittaker will join as the new head of the sustainable investment (SI) research team. Whittaker joins from UBS where...
One of the aspects of investing that I continue to find extraordinary is how difficult it is to actually find where your funds are invested. After all, that money you hand over...
