Chart Of The Week: Investors Still Believe ESG Investing Limits Returns
A survey of 290 professional investors conducted by Dutch asset management group NN IP found that 52% believed a respons... Read more
Zurich Cantonal Pension Fund Targets Responsible Investment Leadership
BVK, the CHF33bn (€29.5bn) pension fund for the canton of Zurich, has taken on a company engagement case within Climat... Read more
UK Roundup: LGPS Pool Names Managers For £2bn Sterling Credit Fund
Plus: Master trust The People’s Pension is allocating to an ‘adaptive cap’ equity index managed by SSGA Read more
PLSA Urges Regulator To Give Small, Good Quality Schemes Space To Thrive
The trade body has come to the defence of smaller schemes in a consultation response after the UK regulator called for s... Read more
Viewpoint: The Key Questions About Paris Agreement-aligned Investment [updated]
The co-chairs of an IIGCC institutional investor project on aligning portfolios with the Paris Agreement set out the ke... Read more
Investors Warn EC Over Timeline For Sustainable Disclosure Rules
PensionsEurope, EFAMA and others have called for a later application date but EC official says financial entities have h... Read more
Swiss Pension Bodies Increasingly Concerned About Negative Rates
Switzerland’s pension fund association and others have appealed to politicians for action after the central bank kept ... Read more
PPF Finance Chief Exits Amid Board Reshuffle
Rodney Norman, Nailesh Rambhai and Anna Troup appointed non-executive directors, as chief financial officer Andy McKinno... Read more
Investment Restrictions Eased For Frances €30bn ERAFP
Cap on equities and unlisted asset funds raised from 40% to 45% as part of changes to regulatory investment framework Read more
Chart Of The Week: The Best Place In The World To Retire Is...
… Iceland, which narrowly beat Switzerland, according to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual Global Retirement Index Read more
USS Pushing Regulator To The Limit On Risk, Says CEO
£68.5bn scheme’s leaders say they have taken a position of ‘maximum flexibility’ in a bid to resolve a long-runn... Read more
Weak Funding Levels Are A Threat To Reform, Says Dutch Pensions Federation
Schemes lack the cash to compensate older workers for a transition from average to degressive pensions accrual, says the... Read more
Responsible Investment Policies Could Boost Contributions By £1.2bn
Franklin Templeton recommends schemes align with member values via better integration of responsible investment into DC ... Read more
MN Appoints Martijn Scholten As New CIO
Scholten has worked for MN since 2003 and replaces Gerald Cartigny, who has moved to Goldman Sachs Read more