The world’s fifth largest pension fund, Dutch-based ABP, increased its fossil fuel investments last year, according to research from environmental activists. Analysis by four NGOs — including Greenpeace Netherlands and German NGO...
Knowledge of group risk products remains low among the UK workforce, particularly when compared to other countries, according to a new research. Zurich - in partnership with Oxford University - surveyed workers...
Global health company Medigo has set up a new second medical opinion service, which will also offer worldwide medical concierge services. This new product - known as GlobalCare - will be available...
Willis Towers Watson has accused the investment industry of having ‘one hand on the wheel’ when it comes to stewardship, and says there is an urgent need to accelerate progress on this issue....
Legal & General Investment Managers voted against a record number of global companies in 2018, according to its latest annual Active Ownership report. This report sets out details of LGIM’s stewardship and...
Less than a quarter of institutional investors said that actively managed portfolios were worth the additional cost, according a new report by Allianz Global Investors. This report - which surveyed almost 500...
Fixed income specialists are not predicting a correction in bond markets, despite expectations that the current economic cycle will end soon. This was the result of a major global survey of fixed...
Hyperion X, the newly launched data and technology arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, owner of Howden, has appointed high profile HR tech innovator Michael Whitfield as an adviser. Whitfield joins Hyperion X...
If there has been one thing as volatile as the comings and goings in Westminster since the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, it has been currency markets, writes Joe McGrath. After...
Sustainable investment have moved from being a niche concern to a mainstream strategy among US asset managers, according to new research. The research found that 75 per cent of US asset managers...
