Investment

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched a climate transition index equity fund for defined benefit and defined contribution investors.

More than half (59%) of schemes support the call for an extension of regulatory easements and flexibilities beyond early 2021, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) says.

Positioning your portfolio for the challenges and opportunities ahead

Dr Pooja Khosla and Amer Khan argue that schemes should use their monetary power to seek change rather than divest.

More than half of Nest's overall portfolio will be within 'climate aware' strategies from February 2021, it has confirmed.

Defined contribution (DC) savers believe responsible investing is at least as important as returns, with 26% stating they would forego the latter if their fund was invested in an ESG-conscious manner.

The market events of 2020 could lead to a “fresh wave” of benefit reviews by UK companies and subsequent pension schemes closures, Aon says.

The prime minister’s pledge to ‘build, build, build’ may be a leapfrog moment for UK housebuilding, says Roxana Mohammadian-Molina, but to succeed a national funding effort is required.

The charge cap must exclude performance fees to allow pension funds to invest in unlisted equities, says Stephen Welton.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has confirmed a number of key measures to support levy payers following support from its recent consultation on the introduction of a tapered approach.