All articles by Susanna Rust – Page 3
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NewsEx-head of sustainable investment at BT Pension Scheme joins GIB
The UK-based sustainable asset manager said Barron would ‘drive the business’s sustainability agenda, sustainability frameworks and governance’
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NewsFrance’s FRR picks new CIO
Pierre-Olivier Billard, head of the fund’s asset allocation department, replaces Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr
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NewsFCA finalises rules for return to investor-funded investment research
FCA makes some changes to guardrails to increase likelihood of take-up of new payment option
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NewsIrcantec adds ESG criteria to fiduciary agent variable pay
Plans to adopt biodiversity policy this year, and launches social bond fund
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NewsNGOs announce ‘independent, science-backed’ taxonomy to raise EU game
New platform ‘not intended as critique of EU taxonomy’
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NewsEC official dismisses concerns about CSRD materiality assessments
Sven Gentner was speaking on a panel at IPE’s recent Transition conference
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NewsDutch pensions body positive about ESA SFDR government bonds proposal
But wary of sustainability indicator idea
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: ESG integration costs and other challenges
Plus: IPE Top 500 Managers report on ESG headcount; European Union: elections, CSDDD and SFDR
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NewsFrance elections: Asset managers digest hung parliament results, with a twist
Newly-assembled left-wing alliance gets most seats, but no majority, as right-wing grouping comes a surprise third
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NewsBigger Irish presence as EIOPA names OPSG members for new term
New faces also include Dijana Bojceta Markoja, from the Association of Pension Funds and Insurance Companies in Croatia
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NewsNSK and Menzies funds drive £569m in additional buy-ins for UK market
The deal for Menzies’ DB scheme included dovetailing with a secondary market sale of an illiquid asset
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NewsAt retirement DC phase lagging on sustainability, says Barnett Waddingham
Consultancy also reports big gap in 2023 returns between worst and best DC providers, led primarily by strategic asset allocation
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Opinion PiecesA mid-year stock take on ESG: talk is no longer cheap
It’s halftime for 2024, which offers a convenient reason to reflect on where we are with respect to ESG investing. I’d say the outlook is pretty good. That’s because, as global equity impact investor WHEB Asset Management says, the “ESG tourists – asset managers that stampeded into the sustainability market just a few years ago – are now packing their bags” as the depth and breadth of anti-greenwashing regulation bite.
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NewsIFRS Foundation takes over TPT’s transition plan disclosure resources
Step described as ‘an important milestone in the creation of global norms for transition plan disclosure’
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NewsMarked slowdown in growth of asset manager ESG headcount
Average ESG headcount jumps 60% at biggest managers
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NewsSFDR: ESAs call for ‘transition’ label, consumer testing, govvie framework
ESAs propose product classification system to replace Articles 8 and 9 categorisation, with a dedicated transition label
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NewsEU taxonomy makes ‘moderate contribution’ to net-zero transition – report
Researchers at DIW in Berlin carried out a criteria-based assessment of 26 taxonomies, with the EU’s netting the highest number of points but still falling short of a ‘high contribution’ result
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NewsEuropean elections: EPP messaging key as centrists hold
Greening of the economy is here to stay, but investors should be prepared for polarised debates
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NewsLib Dems ‘hint at regulatory action for poor climate risk management’
Liberal Democrats’ manifesto is the first of the general election
