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February, 2022
Access appoints MJ Hudson for support with illiquids
Access has appointed MJ Hudson as implementation adviser for the pooling of illiquid assets, including private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate. MJ Hudson will support the pool’s selection of individual investment opportunities and investment managers to build portfolios in a range of illiquid assets. The Access joint committee will ...
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February, 2022
Impact investing supports scaled up nature-based solution projects
The Shared Wood Company (SWC), is a newly incorporated French company formed by experienced forestry experts in order to develop nature-based solutions projects in Africa, Latin America and Europe. The SWC team has expertise in agroforestry, forestry and carbon finance with a significant track record in developing long-term investments in environmental ...
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February, 2022
Study shows ESG is a “particularly unique source of alpha”
Research by KBI Global Investors has concluded that ESG is a unique source of alpha and exploits an information set that conventional factors do not capture. It further concludes that ESG exposure helps to improve diversification in a way that traditional metrics cannot achieve. The analysis compared ESG performance and its correlation to existing styles, ...
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February, 2022
Down Under Super fund wants a slice of levelling up pie
Australia’s largest pension scheme is set to sink £23 billion into private markets in the UK and Europe over the next five years in a search for returns, according to a report in the Financial Times. AustralianSuper is an “industry fund” with a membership covering around one in ten workers in Australia. It manages A$244 billion (£128 billion) on ...
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February, 2022
CACEIS expands its cost transparency and benchmarking solution with London CIV
London CIV has partnered with Caceis to receive cost transparency and benchmarking services. The services will provide insights into the total cost of ownership for managing their schemes, across all direct and indirect costs, including all administrative and investment costs. Users will be able to make comparable benchmarking and fund level comparisons ...
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February, 2022
Border to Coast outlines 2022 voting and engagement priorities
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has published its revised responsible investment policies to clarify its approach to long-term engagement to encourage positive change and active ownership on behalf of its partner funds’ £34 billion of assets. The revised policies – the Responsible Investment Policy and the Corporate Governance and Voting ...
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December, 2021
WPP launches EM equity fund
The Wales Pension Partnership (WPP) has launched the LF Wales PP Emerging Markets Equity Fund. The fund, launched on 20 October 2021 with £505 million will be operated by Link Fund Solutions. Link has appointed investment solutions provider Russell Investments as portfolio manager of the multi-manager strategy. The fund will make use of Russell ...
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December, 2021
Pooling allows LPPI to generate significant savings
In the five years since Local Pension Partnership Investments (LPPI) was founded, the business has achieved £74 million net savings, with £28.2 million of those savings made in the year to 31 March 2021. These figures place LPPI on course to achieve savings of more than £186 million by 2025, £327 million by 2030 and £468 million by 2035. The ...
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December, 2021
Net zero initiative falls way short of net zero ambitions, claims report
A new report reveals that asset managers who have signed up to the Net Zero Asset Manager Initiative (NZAMI) have committed to cutting well below 20% of their emissions by 2030. The study, by climate and investment think tank, Universal Owner, based the findings on NZAMI’s first report, released on the first day of COP26. This report documents the 2030 ...
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December, 2021
Border to Coast joins Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
Following its commitment to achieving net zero across its investments by 2050, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership joined the global Net Zero Asset Managers initiative in November. The initiative has brought together 220 investors to mobilise the asset management industry to drive the transition to net zero by providing a forum for sharing best ...
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