Northern Trust unveils EM green transition strategy Northern Trust Asset Management has launched a sustainable emerging market green transition index strategy, with climate change considerations as a... February 1, 2021 Round-Up LGPS Central unveils active EM bond fund LGPS Central has announced the launch of its £630 million Global Active Emerging Market Bond Fund. The pool, which has £45 billion in... February 1, 2021 Round-Up IA and PLSA form stewardship steering group The Investment Association and the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) have joined forces to launch a new steering group... February 1, 2021 News Investors pile into equity funds Inflows to equity funds surged to £2.4 billion in December, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone, as the... February 1, 2021 Round-Up Realpolitik meets responsible investment Elizabeth Carey says investors must be clear-eyed about developments beyond the landscape of western capital markets. Policy makers leading COP26... Elizabeth Carey CFA Independent Investment Adviser February 1, 2021 Comment Empowering the future through social investment So far, ESG investing has been dominated by the environment. But with social issues increasingly prominent, Stephen Hearle of Nordea... Stephen Hearle Co-Head of Institutional & Wholesale Distribution Nordea Asset Management UK February 1, 2021 Comment Small caps beat FTSE-All share post-pandemic UK small-caps outperformed the FTSE All-Share in 2020, according to a review of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (NSCI). The NSCI,... February 1, 2021 News LGIM unveils tilted climate transition tracker fund Legal and General Investment Management has launched a passive equity fund that aims to provide exposure to the opportunities arising... February 1, 2021 Round-Up Third of climate funds invested in oil and gas stocks One third of climate-themed funds being sold in the UK were invested in oil and gas producing companies at their... February 1, 2021 News Post-pandemic investment: the risk/return balancing act intensifies Emma Powell discusses the efforts pension schemes are putting into learning lessons from the events of 2020 and the possibilities... Emma Powell LAPF Investments February 1, 2021 Focus