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MarketWatch: S&P Global and RobecoSAM, an affiliate of Robeco, announced today that S&P Global will acquire the ESG Ratings Business from RobecoSAM which includes the widely followed SAM* Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) – an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices.
Funds Europe: Gender inequality remains rife in the UK funds industry, according to a report which found that there are more fund managers named Dave or David than there are women at the helm.
Hedgeweek: In the UK, over 500 candidates are already signed up to complete the course; they will be able to take the exam from 2 December 2019.
IPE: Pension funds in Sweden are increasing their alternative investments, but the quality of their sustainability management for these investments is poorer than the efforts they are making for traditional asset classes, a new report concludes.
Forbes: Environmentalists applauded the European Investment Bank’s decision last week to phase out fossil fuel lending by the end of 2021. But to the average oil and gas company angling for a loan, the decision may not make much of a difference.
IPE: ERAFP, the French civil service pension fund, has adopted criteria for divesting holdings on climate change-related grounds as part of a move to align its socially responsible investment (SRI) policy with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
Financial Times: Sweden’s central bank has ditched bonds issued by Australian and Canadian regions on the grounds that their carbon emissions are too high, as part of its push to use monetary policy in the battle against climate change. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]
Citywire: NN Investment Partners' emerging markets debt chief Marcelo Assalin has left the firm, along with several portfolio managers in his team. This follows a rift caused by diverging views within the team over the further integration of ESG criteria, which the group plans to step up for EMD strategies.
The Guardian: The UK’s biggest fund manager has spent nearly £300m this year increasing its shareholdings in companies it named and shamed for dragging their heels on climate action.
Chief Investment Officer: Guy Opperman, the UK minister for pensions and financial inclusion, has chastised investment managers for their lack of action regarding climate change. Opperman even suggested that pension plan trustees should give their investment managers the sack if they don’t support climate resolutions.
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