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Paris-aligned benchmarks boom but are they helping the transition? Part two

Asset owners are placing money in Paris-aligned benchmarks at a quickening rate but questioned whether they facilitate the transition. Michael Hurley reports

Paris-aligned benchmarks boom but are they helping the transition? Part one

Asset owners are placing money in Paris-aligned benchmarks at a quickening rate but questioned whether they facilitate the transition. Michael Hurley reports

Aegon UK to invest £3bn in BlackRock ESG fund

Doubling its workplace default fund to 60%

News Round Up: Truvalue Labs, Länsförsäkringar, Liberum, and more

Länsförsäkringar launches climate fund

A new climate-aware index fund from Swedish insurer Länsförsäkringar plans to allocate more than one-quarter (26%) of its assets to companies actively tackling the threat of global warming by reducing their carbon footprint.

Three Swedish firms invest in IFC's SEK 3bn coronavirus bond

Part of World Bank's $14bn financial package to help curb the pandemic

Swedish insurance group triples sustainability bond investments

Swedish insurance group Länsförsäkringar Alliance tripled its investments in green and sustainability bonds last year, to SEK9.6 billion ($980 million).

Swedish insurer introduces transition criteria to coal divestment policy

Swedish mutual insurer Länsförsäkringar has tightened the exclusion threshold for its fossil fuel company investments, while introducing criteria to identify thermal coal firms converting operations in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Major insurers to cooperate on climate risk tools

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has announced a partnership with 16 of the world largest insurers to develop a new generation of climate risk assessment tools.