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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust
The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.
Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability
Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.
Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi
Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.
Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels
The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.
[…] Mitigation of this risk can actually lead to great opportunities for internationally focused companies operating in human capital-intensive industries. Understanding of, and adherence to environmental regulations and carbon reduction incentives schemes can create significant future financial uplift. Companies in volatile, price-sensitive industries like resources and manufacturing that prepare for these environmental costs are better equipped to retain a competitive advantage over those that have not factored it in. […]
[…] Mitigation of this risk can actually lead to great opportunities for internationally focused companies operating in human capital-intensive industries. Understanding of, and adherence to environmental regulations and carbon reduction incentives schemes can create significant future financial uplift. Companies in volatile, price-sensitive industries like resources and manufacturing that prepare for these environmental costs are better equipped to retain a competitive advantage over those that have not factored it in. […]