ESG

Simon Bond looks at how Covid-19 has caused a surge in the issuance of social bonds and whether this will continue

Over a third of asset managers (39%) were unable to provide a single example of a climate change related engagement effort despite 76% saying they “consider climate risks and opportunities”, according Redington.

PGIM Fixed Income has hired Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson as head of ESG research, a newly created role.

BlackRock has launched a suite of three ESG multi-asset exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to provide investors with a "cost-efficient, transparent and sustainable way" to invest during times of market uncertainty.

Barnett Waddingham has used a Camradata service to source bespoke ESG manager research and market insights, as well as establish universes and strategies for ESG-related funds for clients.

Professional Pensions is holding a webinar on the future of alternatives on 8 September at 3pm.

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has launched a research series focused on identifying practical ways to improve trustee and contract-based scheme provider engagement on ESG issues.

The industry has broadly backed proposals to require the largest schemes to publish climate risk disclosures but raised concerns about the workload of implementation as well as how to standardise the methodology used.

Nest has completed its plans to rid its investment portfolio of tobacco assets a year earlier than it had anticipated.

European pensions funds’ awareness of, and desire for, action on climate change related investment risk has surged, Mercer says.