Asset managers urged to use COP 26 as catalyst for achieving carbon neutral status
Senior management from Blackrock, Aviva Investors and Federated Hermes give evidence to Treasury committee
Asset Managers
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ESG Pathway: Key highlights from the second webinar
Summary of debates and conversations from ESG Pathway webinar held on 14 October
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Investment20/20 urges industry to help young unemployed with Kickstart programme
Kickstart initiative is aimed at 16-24 year olds on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment
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Asset managers back engagement campaign for science-based climate targets
Aegon, AXA, Nordea, LGIM, Neuberger Berman, Lazard. Allianz and Federated Hermes among 137 financial institutions signed up
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Will asset managers divest entirely from fossil fuels?
Refinitiv’s Detlef Glow says if fossil fuel companies are shunned, there will be no incentive to embrace renewables or a more sustainable future
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Less than a third of global asset managers report in line with TCFD
Large asset owners will need to disclose in line with TCFD recommendations by 2022
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Fund group CEOs urged to step up action on diversity
‘Firms must make significant cultural changes, and that starts at the top’
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Asset managers urged to adopt in-house ESG methodologies for superior returns
Low correlation between ESG ratings complicates their use for investment decisions
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Fund managers are overestimating the impact of their investments
Snowball report finds although there are good intentions funds managers not accurately measuring impact of portfolios
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UK economic secretary urges fund groups to ramp up net zero commitments
UK economic secretary John Glen has urged asset managers to step up on ESG amid plans to match the EU’s net zero plans
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Return to Work with M&G’s Chapplow: Covid-19 should encourage the AM industry to think long and hard about people management
Véronique Chapplow, investment director at M&G, shares her WFH set-up and hopes for her return to the office
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Women in Asset Management US Summit opens for registration
The summit takes place from 9 to 10 September 2020