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IPE: In the calm of ATP’s red-brick headquarters in leafy Hillerød, four quant managers have spent more than a year integrating environmental criteria into the pension fund’s DKK35bn (€4.8bn) to DKK40bn foreign equities portfolio.
Pensions & Investments: AP2, Gothenburg, Sweden, divested from equities and bonds in 60 producers of tobacco and nuclear weapons, a spokeswoman said.
Reuters: London Stock Exchange Group Plc said on Monday it acquired data provider Beyond Ratings, as the exchange operator bulks up its Information Services business to meet a growing demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products.
IPE: The UK’s financial services regulator should investigate the absence of a genuine market in asset manager shareholder voting policies, according to an influential group of pension scheme trustees.
IPE: One of the Netherlands’ largest asset managers is turning to private equity funds to increase its exposure to small, innovative companies and broaden its impact investment policy.
Reuters: Investors piled into the Netherlands’ inaugural, triple-A rated sovereign green bond, placing 21.2 billion euros ($23.7 billion) of orders for the environmentally friendly paper.
Institutional Asset Manager: The Certificate will be the first formal qualification on ESG investing available sector-wide to investment professionals in the UK.
IPE: Swedish institutional investors have been frontrunners in sustainable and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments, not least the country’s buffer funds, the AP funds.
