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June, 2019
Northern LGPS backs employee representation at Google parent
The Northern LGPS asset pool is backing a campaign to put worker representatives on the board of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The campaign came after Northern LGPS launched its responsible investment policy at the start of 2019, which made worker rights a key priority at the companies it invests in. Northern LGPS chair, councillor, Gerald ...
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June, 2019
Unintended consequences of GDPR
One year after its introduction, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has had unintended consequences according to a leading expert on asset management regulation. Regulation consulting firm Laven Partners said the GPDR has made it hard to track cyber criminals, due to restrictions on processing web domain registration details, ...
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June, 2019
Sustainability unconstrained: a spotlight on ESG and sectors
Abbie Llewellyn-Waters, Fund Manager – Global Equities, Jupiter Asset Management. Abbie Llewellyn-Waters of Jupiter Asset Management explains how ESG analysis can determine favourable company growth outlooks across a range of sectors Focusing on sustainability can often be mischaracterised as operating within a restrictive investment universe. And ...
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June, 2019
Call for transition bonds to ease shift away from fossil fuels
AXA Investment Managers said the green bond market should include what it calls “transition” bonds, which would allow carbon-intensive companies to raise funds while moving away from fossil fuels. Green bonds are classed as fixed income investments where the capital invested is devoted to activities with a positive benefit when assessed on ESG ...
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June, 2019
Equities markets in a state of flux
Matthew Craig, LAPF Investments. As LGPS funds consider their allocations to equities, Matthew Craig examines the options available to investors seeking to benefit from the growth potential of equities Since the middle of the last century, equities have been at the heart of most UK pension fund’s investment portfolios, as the growth engine of a ...
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June, 2019
Looking forward at diversified growth funds
Geraldine Sundstrom, Portfolio Manager, Asset Allocation, Pimco. Dan Phillipson, Head of Product Strategy, EMEA, Pimco. Geraldine Sundstrom and Dan Phillipson of Pimco consider the likely future of diversified growth funds over the coming decade and identify three characteristics that they feel are important for success Many local authorities are ...
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June, 2019
Woodford halts withdrawals from £4 billion fund
Woodford Investment Management, the fund manager run by one of the UK’s best-known fund managers, Neil Woodford, has halted investor redemptions from its £3.7 billion equity income fund, following a request in May from Kent County Council to redeem £250 million from the fund and a string of negative press headlines. The freeze on withdrawals, which ...
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June, 2019
Renewable energy prices set to exert downward pressure
According to fund manager Schroders, renewable energy is set to exert downward pressure on energy prices, accelerating a move away from fossil fuels. Schroders lead portfolio manager, Simon Webber, said that in the coming decade, a wave of cheap renewable energy will help reduce energy prices, making electric vehicles more affordable and changing the ...
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April, 2019
Fund for private equity secondaries raises £283 million
BEX Capital, a new investment firm focusing on fund-of-fund (FoF) secondaries has announced the close of the BEX Fund III, having raised $365 million (£283 million) in four months. The fund will take positions in private equity FoFs, secondary funds and co-investment funds, with a bias towards mature markets and assets. BEX Capital said the fund was ...
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April, 2019
MSCI launches new analytics platform
Data and analysis provider MSCI has launched a new open analytics platform, MSCI Beon, for the investment industry. MSCI said that using different data on different systems can reduce the value for data for decision-making, risk management and operational uses. To overcome this challenge, it has created MSCI Beon as an open platform that can use different ...
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