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DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IIGCC), the main European investor body focused on climate change. He is also former CEO of the Danish Pension Fund PKA, one of Denmark's largest pension funds. The board also includes Marie Haga, associate vice president of the International ...

Best ESG super products recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... innovation for ESG investment leadership, and Best ESG Super Products in the annual awards. HESTA also won Best Balanced Pension Products and Best Balanced Super Products. Money magazine cited HESTA's role as a leading ESG advocate that matches its words ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IIGCC), the main European investor body focused on climate change. He is also former CEO of the Danish Pension Fund PKA, one of Denmark's largest pension funds. The board also includes Marie Haga, associate vice president of the International ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... step with APRA in sponsoring an industry-standard approach to measuring, managing and disclosing climate change risks. US pension funds ("ERISA funds") may be equally moved to help arrest climate change, but they don't have the regulator's blessing. ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... investors to strongly encourage the Rio Board to urgently consider this matter. Already, CalSTRS - the 11th largest public pension fund in the world, has agreed to publicly support a review." Blakey said the board had yet to adequately demonstrate appropriate ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... will focus on creating private funds to attract capital from institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, pension fund and insurers. Sustainable investment in natural capital provides exposure to projects focused on nature including sustainable ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Pension funds around the world intend to increase their climate-linked passive allocations over the next three years, according to a survey sponsored by fund manager DWS Group. Sebastian Schiele, head of passive mandates sales, Europe and Asia Pacific ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Socially Responsible at 2.8% and HESTA Personal Super - EcoPool at 2.4%. In the retirement (balanced) category, UniSuper Pension - Sustainable Balanced was the top performer for the year, with 6.3% return. MLC MasterKey Pension Fundamentals- BlackRock ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... the initial close of the strategy and has a target US$400 million offering. TIAA has invested US$100 million, and Danish pension fund Velliv committed US$50 million. Nuveen's Global Impact strategy seeks to drive positive change in two critical sustainable ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... achieving net-zero status by 2050 or earlier. It expects carbon emissions in its portfolio will have halved by 2030. The pension fund is immediately shifting close to $10 billion in equities - roughly 45% of its portfolio - to climate aware strategies ...