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Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has confirmed its head of defined contribution (DC) Emma Douglas has left the business.

BlackRock has launched a fund designed to simplify ESG investing through the focus on factors demonstrating materiality.

Here are the five reasons why we believe sustainable indexing gives investors the clarity they need to build more sustainable portfolios.

Asset managers representing $22.8trn (£16.5trn) of assets under management (AUM) have joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, bringing the total number of signatories to 73.

The Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund (Barclays UKRF) has integrated ESG factors and climate risk into a £1.3bn diversified growth fund (DGF) portfolio used for its defined contribution (DC) scheme.

More than half of BlackRock’s flagship UK defined contribution (DC) default fund’s assets will be invested in ESG strategies by June 2021.

Scottish Widows has begun work with its fund management partners to divest at least £440m from companies which do not meet its ESG standards under a new exclusions policy.

More than half of UK savers agree they are unable to save sufficiently to achieve the retirement they want, according to research by BlackRock.

Supply will need to be rebuilt following the forced shutdown, potentially pushing up inflation and reasserting the need for adequate hedges, writes James Phillips

Fund giant BlackRock's first Assessment of Value (AoV) report covering its UK operations has revealed one fund liquidation, fee cuts for two vehicles and "enhanced performance monitoring" established for five underperforming funds.