Sustainability

FIS Singapore 2023

Cross-checking data, wringing necks: the ESG journey

Making a portfolio more resilient to climate change, and playing a role in decarbonising the real economy, requires a range of creative solutions to complex problems, along with a good measure of determination, said a panel of leaders driving ESG efforts at GIC, New Zealand Super and APG.

Ben HurleyMarch 31, 2023

FIS Singapore 2023

Investors need better ways to measure and integrate ESG outcomes

Ben HurleyMarch 31, 2023

Featured Story

Sweden’s AP Funds emphasise the long-term as returns take a hit

Sarah RundellMarch 7, 2023

Technology

Why asset owners need to become ‘technologized investors’

Amanda WhiteFebruary 28, 2023

Denmark’s AkademikerPension takes on the banks financing fossil fuels

Sarah RundellFebruary 16, 2023

Sustainability

NBIM’s climate advisory board set to manage climate risk and opportunity

Norges Bank Investment Management has established a new climate advisory board. Carine Smith Ihenacho, chief governance and compliance officer, spoke to Top1000funds.com and explains the task at hand.

Sarah RundellFebruary 7, 2023

Sustainability

Phase down or phase-out: Is there a difference?

The “phase out” or “phase down” of coal use leads us down two different paths with the Thinkin Ahead’s Tim Hodgson arguing that phase out is a choice to save the planet, while phase down is an attempt to save our unsustainable way of life.

Tim HodgsonJanuary 31, 2023

Featured Story

Utah Retirement Systems: Why ESG is a waste of time

Divestment doesn't work, scope 3 reporting will tie companies in regulatory knots and ESG integration threatens pension funds long term returns and their ability to finance the transition. Utah Retirement Systems' John Skjervem says the only way to solve the climate emergency is to keep investing in fossil fuels.

Sarah RundellJanuary 26, 2023

Sustainability

Active, in-house and sustainability: The driving factors at AP3

AP3’s ability to actively benefit from volatile markets is rooted in a reform process undertaken by CIO Pablo Bernengo, replacing decade-old, separate alpha and beta allocations with a traditional asset class structures but avoiding silos. Active risk and sustainability go hand in hand, he says, and is a 2023 focus.

Sarah RundellJanuary 10, 2023

Investor Profile

NZ Super culls equities, focuses on impact

New Zealand Super has radically slashed the holdings in its passive equities portfolio as it re-aligns the portfolio with a Paris-aligned benchmark. It’s part of the fund’s shift to a sustainable finance focus which includes improving the fund’s already-good ESG profile and a more long-term future focus on impact investing.

Amanda WhiteDecember 15, 2022