ESG

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

The resilience of credit investors will be tested as the world recovers from Covid-19, says Colin Purdie.

Fixed income enjoys another strong quarter

Dalriada Trustees has appointed Minerva Analytics to assess its external asset managers’ ESG, voting and stewardship.

Independent investment manager Invesco will launch two Luxembourg-domiciled buy and maintain funds at UK defined benefit (DB) schemes.

Scottish Widows has invested £2bn of pension fund assets to become the inaugural investor in BlackRock’s authorised contractual scheme (ACS) Climate Transition World Equity Fund.

Corporate and Strategic fund

Demonstrable action will be required by asset managers to meet the needs of increasingly outcome-oriented institutional asset owners as social and governance issues come into sharper focus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, research by JPES Partners...

Dan Roarty looks at how the companies with the strongest ESG ratings have fared financially in comparison to their peers throughout the pandemic

More than 60 civil society leaders including MPs, climate experts, faith leaders and local councillors have signed an open letter accusing pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman of backing continued investment in fossil fuels.