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Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... outperformed during the pandemic." Globally, nearly a third of investors with over $200 billion of assets believed climate risk will have the greatest impact on how a firm invests over the next three to five years, followed by disruptive technologies ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... implemented a "heightened scrutiny" in active portfolios as a framework for managing securities that pose significant climate risk. "We expect the issuers we invest in on our clients' behalf to be adequately managing the global transition towards a net ...

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... climate." As reported in sister publication FS Sustainability, the £522 billion global fund manager has identified climate risk as one of three megatrends - including biodiversity loss and anti-microbial resistance - that represent market failures that ...

Mercer launches climate-transition tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... start. "Our analytics and advice will help investors transition their portfolios to take on the challenges of managing climate risk, in their endeavor to meet return objectives while staying on target for a net-zero outcome," Birgden said. Central to ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... resolutions of investee companies, conducting due diligence and monitoring of investment managers' approaches to climate risk and continuing to to develop a climate change policy and internal risk framework. "Today's settlement gives me, and Rest's ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
AMP Capital has been included in a prestigious list celebrating excellence in responsible investment, amid a turbulent year during which controversy after controversy has rocked the investment manager. AMP Capital was named alongside 16 asset owners ...

Big banks face shareholder action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... large scale lending to fossil fuels is not only exposing these banks and their shareholders to increasing levels of climate risk, it's also undermining our chances of keeping the climate crisis under control." Commonwealth Bank came out unscathed allowing ...

Moody's adds to CreditView platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... sustainability reports as well as ESG scores and sector reports. Users can also access Four Twenty Seven's physical climate risk scores for corporates and US municipalities. "The enhancements to Moody's CreditView are part of our commitment to provide ...

UK pensions to factor in climate change risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... pension schemes - those with £5 billion or more in assets, and all authorised master trusts - to publish and produce climate risk disclosures by the end of 2022. For all those with at least £1 billion in assets would have until 2023 to meet the requirements. ...

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... The latest report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), Full Disclosure: Improving corporate reporting on climate risk, found that improvements are needed in climate risk disclosure to make it more useful for risk assessment and portfolio management. ...