Archive

  • Green bond comment December: It's time for a CA100+ for sovereigns

    04 December 2019

    Bond investors need to start collectively engaging with national governments if the Paris targets are to be met, argues Peter Cripps

  • FRR, Axa, Aviva, CNP join Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

    27 November 2019

    Pension fund FRR and insurers Axa, Aviva and CNP have committed to make their investment portfolios carbon neutral by 2050.

  • IIGCC urges pension funds to improve climate risk management

    17 October 2018

    Pension funds have been urged to improve their management of climate-related risks and opportunities by a group of investors with more than €21 trillion ($24.3 trillion) in combined assets.

  • Setting a European benchmark

    10 September 2018

    The European Commission's bold proposals to reform benchmark regulation are designed to increase the flow of green finance and reduce the risk of 'greenwashing'. Michael Hurley asks why change is required

  • Majority of world’s largest pension funds neglect climate risk, says AODP

    10 September 2018

    Nearly two thirds of the world’s largest pension funds have little or no disclosed strategy on climate change, potentially putting them at risk of breaching their fiduciary duty to savers, according to a study by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).

  • EU action plan could stifle low-carbon benchmarks, warns FTSE Russell

    19 July 2018

    European Commission proposals to introduce minimum standards for low-carbon and ‘positive carbon impact’ benchmarks could stifle innovation, a leading index provider has said.

  • Amundi's early mover

    21 June 2018

    Frédéric Samama has been a key mover in the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, the creation of low-carbon indexes, and now the world's biggest green bond fund. He talks to Peter Cripps

  • Climate and SDGs to be focus of French pension fund's new SRI strategy

    28 May 2018

    Climate change is “the biggest risk” to the €36.4 billion ($44 billion) FRR pension fund in coming years, Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr, chief investment officer of the pension fund, tells Michael Hurley.

  • North America lags Europe in applying ESG to smart beta, says FTSE Russell

    21 May 2018

    Asset owners in Europe are considering applying environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations to smart beta strategies in far greater numbers than those in North America, a survey by FTSE Russell showed.

  • FRR invites proposals to manage €1.7bn ESG mandates

    30 April 2018

    France’s Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has called for submissions to manage two environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed portfolios worth a combined €1.7 billion ($2 billion).