Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Webinar: Engage or divest? How can the pension industry make a real ESG impact
Professional Pensions is holding a webinar on how the pensions industry can make a real impact when it comes to ESG – asking what is better, to engage or to divest.
Scottish Widows to divest £440m from companies failing on ESG
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.
Scottish Widows invests £2bn in BlackRock climate transition fund
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.
Scottish Widows updates stewardship policy in bid to drive positive change
Scottish Widows has unveiled an updated stewardship policy detailing how it will undertake stewardship and engagement activity in support of its responsible investment framework.
Webinar: How DC defaults will evolve in a post-coronavirus world
Professional Pensions’ expert panel discusses how defined contribution (DC) default strategies will change following the crisis.
Scottish Widows debuts responsible investment framework
Scottish Widows is aiming to boost its sustainability practices by working under a new responsible investment and stewardship framework.
Scottish Widows launches responsible investment team
Scottish Widows has created a specialist responsible investment team to monitor sustainable activity across its fund range.
EXCLUSIVE: How the UK's biggest DC default funds are performing
In the second edition of AE Watch, Maria Nazarova-Doyle looks at the performance of the UK's largest DC default funds.
EXCLUSIVE: How the UK's biggest DC default funds are performing
PP has teamed up with JLT Employee Benefits to launch 'AE Watch', an initiative that examines the investment performance of DC default funds. Maria Nazarova-Doyle takes a look at the findings.
The real risk of DC default fund investment
The industry is currently focused on the investment risks of DC default strategies. Maria Nazarova-Doyle says the real dangers could lie elsewhere
Disparity in DC investment performance nearly 50%
The disparity in the investment performance of the UK's top 10 defined contribution (DC) default funds is so large that savers in the best and worst funds are seeing a difference in annualised returns of nearly 50%, JLT research reveals.
