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People Moves, 1 March: South Pole, PRI, Blue Earth Capital, United Bankers ... and more

'Ground-breaking' FMLC report classifies fiduciary duty for pension funds

The Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) has issued a report intended to provided clarity on how climate and sustainability considerations can be integrated by pension fund fiduciaries.

People moves, 8 September: Apollo, IFM Investors, Axa, Adenia Partners and PRI

Investors welcome 'major step' of UK carbon markets regulation consultation

Investors have commended the UK government's commitment to consulting on regulating voluntary carbon markets.

People moves, 6 May: Amundi, Mercer, Robeco, EBRD & more...

Tobacco investor engagement 'would not yield results'

Investor engagement will not be able to help the tobacco sector avert its decline, an executive at pension and insurance provider Scottish Widows has said.

Scottish Widows divests from tobacco due to 'stranded asset risk'

Pension and insurance provider Scottish Widows will divest £1.5 billion ($2.1 billion) of assets from companies with exposure to tobacco or some fossil fuels.

$2.7trn BlackRock proxy voting move 'game-changing' for industry

BlackRock will offer institutional clients expanded proxy voting options across its index business in the "first step" from the asset manager...

BlackRock switches five tracker funds to ESG indexes

Blackrock have updated the existing indices for five of its funds, within its Authorised Contractual Scheme (ACS) range...

Scottish Widows urges £2.5trn UK pension industry to urgently close 'green gap'

Scottish Widows has urged other UK pension funds to help close the £2.2 trillion ($3 trillion) 'green gap' following its announcement of strengthened climate targets, arguing the "steady progress" on climate being made by the industry was "not fast enough".