IPE: Responsible investment (RI) surged in importance for all types and sizes of institutional investor around the world in the last year, a new survey has found, with the biggest gains in positive sentiment towards the approach recorded among respondents in the UK.
IPE: The gender pay gap in the UK investment management industry deteriorated from 2017 to 2018 in what was the second worst performance out of 22 business sectors analysed.
IPE: Denmark’s government and several of its biggest pension funds have pledged to invest an additional DKK350bn (€46.8bn) between now and 2030 to support the green transition.
Morningstar: Investors would do better to pick ESG funds rather than their non-sustainable counterparts. Morningstar data reveals that funds taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into account in their investments have performed better than their non-ESG sister funds.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: The EBRD has successfully launched the first ever dedicated climate resilience bond, raising US$ 700 million with the issuance. BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB acted as joint bookrunners, which saw demand from approximately 40 investors in 15 countries.
Funds Europe: Women are significantly underrepresented in the UK venture capital sector whilst some firms have no females involved in the investment process at all.
Climate Bonds Initiative: Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), and Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to collaborate on growing the green Sukuk sector and stepping up the exchange of knowledge and expertise in the field.
Top 1000 Funds: Institutional investors are investing more in emerging markets in line with the SDGs and Denmark’s PKA pension fund (Pensionskassernes Administration A/S) is one fund that is leading the way. The fund targets 10 per cent of its $40 billion assets under management in alternative ESG investments and an increasing portion of that is now invested in emerging markets via allocations to green bonds, infrastructure, micro-finance, water sanitation and a specific SDG fund.
IPE: Dutch asset managers APG and PGGM are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) based asset owner platform to assess potential “sustainable development investments” (SDIs).
Funds Europe: Denmark’s AP Pension has decided to drop tobacco manufacturers from its multi-billion-euro investment portfolio on health and environmental grounds.
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