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August, 2021
Gresham House offers carbon credits through new forestry strategy
Institutional investors can now receive distributions in the form of carbon credits to offset their portfolio’s emissions through a new strategy launched by specialist asset manager, Gresham House. The Forest Growth & Sustainability strategy aims to deliver sustainable capital growth through productive woodland creation while providing income generation ...
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August, 2021
The rapid rise of responsible investing
Pádraig Floyd, LAPF Investments. Pádraig Floyd examines how LGPS investors can best approach the question of responsible investing You’d have to have been living on the moon to have missed the rapid advance of responsible investing (RI) in recent years. Concerns about the impact of climate change had preoccupied a sizeable minority for the past ...
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August, 2021
Impact investing came of age amid the global pandemic
Impact investing came of age in 2020, proving itself both resilient and the potential answer to the social inequality and biodiversity crises highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic, reports UBP in its latest impact report. Investors did not recoil from sustainable investing during the economic uncertainty and volatile markets, but redoubled their efforts ...
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August, 2021
Border to Coast builds on success of UK listed equity alpha fund
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is searching for up to two external managers to run its £1.5 billion UK Listed Equity Alpha Fund. Launched in December 2018, the fund provides UK equities exposure via three complementary investment strategies managed by Baillie Gifford, Janus Henderson and UBS Asset Management. The fund has outperformed its ...
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August, 2021
Strathclyde commits to clean energy in hunt for net zero
The Strathclyde Pension Fund has committed £20 million of capital to a government-backed venture capital fund investing in early stage UK clean technology ventures. The Clean Growth Fund was established in 2020 with funding from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Run by CCLA, it has achieved almost two-thirds of its £100 million ...
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June, 2021
Regulator clarifies climate disclosure rules
The Pensions Regulator has set out new guidelines clarifying its expectations for schemes in disclosing climate change information, to comply with rules under the Pension Schemes Act 2021. Trustees will be required to publish their statement of investment principles, including their policies on stewardship and financially material environmental ...
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June, 2021
Dividend boost forecast for 2021 as Q1 decline eases
UK dividends fell at their slowest rate since the pandemic began during the first quarter, according to the latest UK Dividend Monitor from Link Group, with underlying payments falling by just over a quarter to £12.7 billion. Around half of UK companies either increased, restarted or held their dividends steady during the first three months of the year, ...
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June, 2021
Wales PP partners with Russell for carbon reduction goals
The Wales Pension Partnership has established a new decarbonisation initiative across the £2.5 billion of its global equity assets managed by Russell Investments. The investment pool’s global equity mandate will achieve a target reduction of 25% in both its carbon footprint and fossil fuel reserves exposure relative to its benchmark. The portfolio ...
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June, 2021
Impact investment network reached $1.3 billion deals
A digital platform that encourages financial firms to share impact investment opportunities with one another has hit US$1.3 billion of private markets deals within less than a year of its launch. The Impact Agora platform, which is powered by private markets fintech specialists Delio, launched last April and helps connect the impact community while global ...
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June, 2021
Invesco unveils China healthcare vehicle
Invesco has launched its first China Healthcare Equity Fund, focusing on mid-cap stocks with sustainable growth potential. The fund aims to deliver long-term capital growth by investing primarily in a concentrated portfolio of Chinese healthcare companies. Those companies will mainly be listed on the Shanghai or Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and traded via ...
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