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The power of collective stewardship

Collective campaigns can vastly increase the effectiveness of stewardship, particularly on contentious issues. Asset owners are well-placed to bring results with their financial clout and focus on the long-term best interests of the companies they invest in.

Ben HurleySeptember 23, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Decarbonizing infrastructure requires public private partnership

Ben HurleySeptember 22, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Bridgewater: The complexity of assessing corporate decarbonization

Ben HurleySeptember 21, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

UN SDGs prove market-beating themes

Ben HurleySeptember 20, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Woodwell and Wellington talk climate risk

Ben HurleySeptember 19, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Imperfect data no excuse for delaying net-zero commitments

Imperfect data, opaque third-party managers, and obtaining the necessary talent and tools are among the toughest challenges for investors as they navigate the path to net zero emissions by 2050.

Ben HurleySeptember 16, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Pictet warns of asset owners critical role ahead

Asset owners specialise in identifying pricing efficiencies, and therefore cannot ignore the implications of climate change in their risk metrics, says Laurent Ramsey, managing partner of two-century-old Swiss bank and financial services company, Pictet Group.

Ben HurleySeptember 15, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Consumers driving impact integration

Growing transparency and the measurement of impact in portfolios is transforming the flow of capital in ways comparable to the introduction of auditing in the 1930s and the measurement of risk from the 1950s, says philanthropist and venture capitalist Sir Ronald Cohen.

Ben HurleySeptember 15, 2022

Investor Profile

Denmark’s ATP defends risk parity despite worst loss ever

Mikkel Svenstrup, CIO of Danish fund ATP, defends risk parity despite posting the worst results in the fund's history.

Sarah RundellSeptember 8, 2022

Investor Profile

PGB talks private equity fees as Dutch funds feel the squeeze

Dutch funds are feeling the squeeze of private equity fees, especially as beneficiaries face a cost of living crisis. Pensioenfonds PGB spends less on fees than others but CEO Harold Clijsen questions the options open to investors.

Sarah RundellAugust 25, 2022

Sustainability

ESG: It’s really quite simple

Fiona Reynolds, long-time CEO of the PRI and now CEO of publishing firm Conexus Financial, responds to the rising denunciation of ESG investing and claims that over-thinking, over-regulation and over-standardisation is complicating what is actually a very simple investment philosophy.

Fiona ReynoldsAugust 22, 2022

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