Strathclyde extends impact investments The Strathclyde Pension Fund Committee approved three new impact investment proposals. The first is £25 million into a Glasgow-based growth equity fund,... February 1, 2022 Round-Up LGPS Central issues net zero statement LGPS Central has formally committed to transitioning its investment portfolios, with the issue of a net zero statement. In the statement,... February 1, 2022 News Impact Investing Institute welcomes Levelling Up commitments The government’s Levelling Up white paper designed to refocus government spending – and investment from large institutional investors like local... February 1, 2022 News Aon launches high conviction MAC fund Aon has launched a sustainable multi asset credit (MAC) fund in the UK investing in high conviction MAC strategies. The fund... February 1, 2022 Round-Up LPPI demands a tough stance on plastic pollution Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) is supporting the call for a UN treaty on plastic pollution from the UN Environment... February 1, 2022 News Sanlam opens sustainable income fund to external investors Sanlam Investments has launched its Sustainable Global Dividend Fund to external investors, having received Article 8 approval. The fund, seeded... February 1, 2022 Round-Up Impact investment delivers new credit source for European SMEs Some European mid-caps and SMEs will have access to a new €150 million funding source. Launched by the European Investment Fund (EIF),... February 1, 2022 Round-Up Border to Coast boosts private markets investments by £1.2 billion Border to Coast has committed a further £1.2 billion to private markets, as part of the £2.7 billion private markets programme announced... February 1, 2022 News Artificial intelligence offers versatile opportunities in the financial industry Daniel Seiler and Sheridan Bowers of identify the several ways in which the use of AI to analyse vast... Daniel Seiler Head of Multi-Asset Investing Vontobel Asset Management Sheridan Bowers Head of UK & Ireland Vontobel Asset Management February 1, 2022 Comment GLIL Infrastructure and LPPI increase equity commitment to social infrastructure GLIL Infrastructure and Local Pensions Partnership Investments have doubled their equity stakes in the UK social infrastructure fund run by... February 1, 2022 News