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CalSTRS’ sustainability strategy: Net zero and investing in opportunities

CalSTRS’ net zero strategy has provided a new level of focus and anchor for the 220-person investment team. Kirsty Jenkinson, investment director for the sustainable investment and stewardship strategies at the fund, explains its evolution including integrating climate scenarios into its asset liability modelling study.

Sarah RundellApril 16, 2024

Investor Profile

Denmark’s PenSam introduces new climate index to solve tech tilt

Sarah RundellApril 11, 2024

Investor Profile

TfL explains why hedge funds provide essential diversification

Sarah RundellApril 11, 2024

Featured Story

Ford’s Roy Swan on how the Church of England is tackling its slavery legacy

Sarah RundellApril 3, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

Asia’s climate transition requires unique regional presence

Chris DastoorMarch 27, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

Recasting emissions abatement as expensive rather than hard

When it comes to figuring out how a company will get to net zero and how their transition will be financed, more investors are making a distinction between emissions that are hard to abate, and emissions that are expensive to abate.

Simon HoyleMarch 19, 2024

NY Common makes further divestments, ups commitment to climate solutions

The $260 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund will divest and restrict approximately $26.8 million of corporate bonds and actively traded public equities in eight integrated oil and gas companies, including ExxonMobil; and is doubling its commitment to the Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions program.

Simon HoyleFebruary 29, 2024

Sustainability

Investors trying to change the world: Why climate investing is so difficult

Asset owners are preparing their portfolios for the climate transition, reducing holdings in companies with high emissions and pledging billions to climate investments. But climate proofing portfolios is proving one of the most arduous and complex challenges investors have ever faced. Top1000funds.com takes a close look at the progress.

Sarah RundellFebruary 26, 2024

Sustainability

NBIM’s RI report showcases benefits of transparency

Risk-based divestments increased returns on Norges Bank Investment Management's equity portfolio by 0.07 per cent in 2023. Measuring the impact of its investment decisions, reported in NBIM's latest RI Report, is part of a concerted drive for greater transparency by the manager of Norway's Government Pension Fund Global.

Sarah RundellFebruary 15, 2024

Investor Profile

Brunel keeps wary eye on markets and raises manager reporting duties

In a recently published review, Brunel Pension Partnership vows to “turn the screws” on managers and its holdings via increased RI expectations and warns that rosier economic forecasts of lower interest rates and tamed inflation may not come true.

Sarah RundellFebruary 12, 2024

Investor Profile

PGGM revamps fixed income; focuses on liquidity

PGGM's Wilfried Bolt explains how the end of quantitative easing (QE) has changed the asset manager's hedging strategy and prompted a keen focus on liquidity. He also explains the rationale behind managing more of the corporate bond allocation in house.

Sarah RundellFebruary 8, 2024

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Sustainability

Investor Profile

CalSTRS’ sustainability strategy: Net zero and investing in opportunities

Investor Profile

Denmark’s PenSam introduces new climate index to solve tech tilt

Investor Profile

TfL explains why hedge funds provide essential diversification

Featured Story

Ford’s Roy Swan on how the Church of England is tackling its slavery legacy

FIS Singapore 2024

Asia’s climate transition requires unique regional presence

FIS Singapore 2024

Recasting emissions abatement as expensive rather than hard

Sustainability

NY Common makes further divestments, ups commitment to climate solutions

Sustainability

Investors trying to change the world: Why climate investing is so difficult

Sustainability

NBIM’s RI report showcases benefits of transparency

Investor Profile

Brunel keeps wary eye on markets and raises manager reporting duties

Investor Profile

PGGM revamps fixed income; focuses on liquidity

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