Global

Legal and General Investment Management is launching a new range of ESG sovereign bond funds. The first will be the Emerging Markets Government Bond Local Currency Index Fund - will be part of...

Large asset owners are confident in their portfolios’ resilience, despite market uncertainty with more targeting higher infrastructure and private debt and equity allocations. This is the more upbeat picture form Mercer’s latest global...

One in four (26 per cent) institutional investors are looking to dramatically increase allocation to illiquid assets in the next three years while, while a further 59 per cent expect allocations to...

Nature degradation and the loss of biodiversity are among the greatest threats facing our planet, our society and our economy. Biodiversity supports all systems of life on Earth. It encompasses all species,...

Fintech pension provider Smart has acquired the US retirement savings provider ProManage for an undisclosed sum. This is the latest global acquisition by Smart and takes its AUM from £5.5bn to £8bn....

Institutional Shareholder Services’s ESG arm has launched a new range of passive indices based around biodiversity.  These new products are likely to appeal to many institutional investors, including pension funds that increasingly...

Twenty five members of the Net Zero Asset Managers’ Initiative (NZAMI) are potentially misleading clients, according to a green think tank —by having more than $365bn (£295bn)  invested in 15 of the...

Dutch insurer elipsLife has joined the Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions network. This network supports multinational companies with risk management and financing solutions for their employee benefits plans, working with a number...

Healix International has launched a new risk management tool, offering automated assessments of the medical, logistical and security risks posed to employees who are travelling for work purposes. This covers potential dangers...

The Principle of Responsible Investment (PRI) — a UN-backed body — has said that additional work needs to be done to understand the materiality of ESG factors when assessing credit risk. This...