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    Investors Support Baltic Cleanup Through New Bond Issue

    2019-01-25

    Investment Europe: Nordic investors have highlighted a new fixed income instrument designed to support the cleanup of the Baltic Sea, one of the most polluted parts of the world's oceans.

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    ESG: UK Fund Management Body Proposes Standard Definitions

    2019-01-25

    IPE: The trade body representing UK asset managers has launched an industry-wide consultation on sustainability and responsible investment in a bid to bring more clarity to the growing area of activity.

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    AP1 Divests from Nuclear Weapons, Tobacco and Fossil Fuels

    2019-01-18 

    IPE: AP1, one of Sweden’s four main national pension buffer funds, has divested from a number of controversial industries following the introduction of new investment guidelines.

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    Merseyside, People’s Pension Allocate to ESG Smart Beta Funds

    2019-01-18

    IPE: The £9bn (€10.1bn) Merseyside Pension Fund has invested £400m in a new worldwide equity climate fund, run by State Street Global Advisors.

    The All World Equity Climate Balanced Multi-Factor Index fund was designed to align Merseyside’s responsible investment policy and activities with the goals of the 2015 Paris climate accord, the pension fund said.

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    Eurosif Launches Strategy Review in Light of ESG Regulatory Changes

    2019-01-17 

    IPE: Eurosif, the Brussels-based pan-European sustainable investment organisation, has launched a strategic review to inform its future mandate, including how to best support implementation of EU sustainable finance measures, it announced today.

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    HSBC’s Gender Pay Gap, the Worst in U.K. Banking, Is Now Even Bigger

    2019-01-08

    Bloomberg: Pay for female staff at HSBC Holdings Plc’s U.K. business fell further behind male colleagues’ in the last year, according to new figures from the London-based bank.

    Women at HSBC earned 61 percent less on average compared with male employees at the lender, a wider gap than the 59 percent difference the firm reported a year ago, already the biggest in the banking industry.

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    Norway’s Oil Fund Should Put €42bn into Green Infrastructure, Says Think-Tank

    2019-01-08

    IPE: Norway’s NOK8.35trn (€852bn) sovereign wealth fund (SWF) should be allowed to invest at least 5% of its assets into renewable energy infrastructure, according to a report from think-tank Re-Define.

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    PMT’s New Index Shakes Up it's Equities

    2019-01-08

    Top 1000 Funds: Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek, the €72 billion ($82 billion) Dutch metal industry pension fund, has introduced a new index for its €16 billion ($18 billion) developed market equity portfolio, after two years of research and development. The index has been especially constructed to integrate the investment concerns of the fund’s beneficiaries, ESG factors and long-term returns. It employs a combination of active choices and a benchmark, bringing a new dynamic to the fund’s passive strategy.

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