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£9.2bn flagship BlackRock pension strategy adopts climate target

BlackRock has announced that its flagship £9.2 billion ($11.2 billion) default pension strategy in the UK has adopted a formal environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused investment policy, including a specific emissions target.

Dutch investors tell oil and gas companies 'prove your commitment to Paris'

Binary views on double materiality 'unhelpful', says FCA

Discussions of double materiality as binary are 'unhelpful', a senior executive at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

Aegon focuses £490m short-dated bond fund on 'climate transition'

Aegon UK to invest £3bn in BlackRock ESG fund

Doubling its workplace default fund to 60%

€1.5trn Dutch investor group sets 2024 oil firm transition expectations

A group of seven Dutch asset managers with a combined €1.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets has published three core climate transition expectations for oil and gas firms to accelerate...

Investors forecast 'huge' growth for green ABS

Asset-backed securities (ABS) with a sustainability label have strong growth prospects in the coming year, investors from Europe and the US said.

Aegon to launch Global Sustainable Sovereign Bond Fund at COP26

Aegon Asset Management and Aegon UK have partnered with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) to introduce the new Aegon Global Sustainable Sovereign Bond Fund at COP26.

Oil firms facing increased cost of capital as ESG pressure grows, says Aegon

Rising pressure on investors and banks to take a more stringent stance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns is leading to more limited access to, and rising cost of, debt for oil firms, according to Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM).

Two in five financial advisers find ESG research 'confusing', Aegon UK says

Some 38% of financial advisers are frustrated by "confusing" ESG research, a survey by Aegon UK has found.