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Asset manager Robeco has set a goal to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across all its investments by 2050.

The winners of the Professional Pensions Investment Awards 2020 have been announced.

Legal and General Retirement (LGR) has committed to cutting the carbon emission intensity of its annuity book by half by 2030, while the overall group targets a net-zero portfolio by 2050.

More than 240,600 savers have lost an estimated £14.6bn of pension savings to fraudsters, but a further £2.5trn remains potentially accessible to criminals, The People’s Pension (TPP) says.

Pensions schemes with sponsors facing severe economic difficulties due to Covid-19 must prepare for the lifting of temporary protections from corporate insolvency at the end of the year, Aon says.

More than £1.75bn has been wiped from the pension funds of councils across the UK after three years of crashing oil investments, research shows.

Lady Tina Green has agreed to pay a £50m deficit recovery contribution (DRC) to Arcadia’s pension schemes earlier than scheduled.

Phoenix Group has committed to its operations being net-zero by 2025, and its investment portfolio being net-zero by 2050.

Aviva Investors’ fully ESG-integrated ‘My Future Focus’ investment strategy has been adopted by the Aviva Master Trust as its standard default.

Another week-on-week increase in the number of deaths with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate has brought total excess deaths since the beginning of the second wave to 5,000.