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Investors, especially pension schemes with young beneficiaries, are starting to ask more of their managers when it comes to climate strategy.
The $53.5bn pension would like to find a way to better measure the full workforces of potential investment managers, among other concerns.
Aware Super’s senior portfolio manager, Jenny Newmarch, explains how the Australian super fund is engaging with managers on climate change.
As private debt funds hone their focus on ESG, the big challenge is to find effective ways to influence the management of the underlying asset.
The head of private markets at Nest says off-market lenders have a lot of power to ensure their borrowers act responsibly.
As another investor alliance is created, we should be getting clear roadmaps to action at the point of announcement.
The roadmap makes 37 recommendations for participants in the financial system that will help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and go further than government policy.
The fund will target renewable assets in both Europe and North America and is open to further commitments from additional investors.