Thomas Cattee: Bitcoin – thinking the unthinkable for pensions?
Tesla’s announcement in a SEC filing on Monday 8 February 2021 that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin - described by some as digital gold - was quickly followed by...
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Mercer commits to net zero carbon targets
Mercer has committed to a 2050 net zero target for all of its discretionary investment portfolios across UK, Europe and Asia, as well as the majority of its multi-client, multi-asset fund domiciled...
Aviva adds new climate transition fund to workplace proposition
Aviva Investors has launched a new climate transition fund onto its workplace pension scheme platforms. This fund — Climate Transition Global Equity Fund —is an actively managed fund. This is the second Aviva...
CA ESG forum: Challenges of implementing an ESG strategy
Pension trustees should be getting to grips with climate change risk, regardless of the size of their schemes warned panellists at the Corporate Adviser ESG Forum earlier this month. CLICK TO VIEW ALL...
Damian Lenihan: Bridging the gap in employee-employer perception of wellbeing
The way we live and work has been completely transformed since this time last year. Social restrictions have forced people to quickly adapt to unprecedented ways of living and working. As a...
CA ESG forum: compelling evidence for ESG outperformance
The latest data shows that stocks and indices with higher ESG ratings have continued to outperform non-ESG counterparts, across different markets and timescales. CLICK TO VIEW ALL THE VIDEOS FROM ALL THE...
CA ESG forum: Biden ESG reforms face state challenges – David C John
The US faces structural, legal and political challenges if it wants its workplace pensions to embrace the ESG strategies that are starting to become more widely adopted in the UK and Europe....
US active funds outperform passives for first time in seven years
The pandemic has created opportunities for many active funds, when compared to passive rivals, according to the latest report from BMO Global Asset Management. Its found that the best active fund in...
Pension design contributing to retirement inequality: OECD
Globally women receive 26 per cent less income than men in retirement, according to new report from the OECD. This international research looks at the gender pension gap across a OECD countries,...
ESG investments ‘set to double’ over 2021: research
Investments into ESG funds look set to double during 2021, according to new research, with investors planning to move funds to support companies with higher sustainability ratings that are making a positive...
