BankInvest behind new sustainable equity product from AP Pension
Danish AP Pension has selected Bankinvest to develop and manage sustainable equity product as part of its new product line 'AP Sustainable'.
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Danish AP Pension has selected Bankinvest to develop and manage sustainable equity product as part of its new product line 'AP Sustainable'.
Based on the pension fund's intentions to make a greener investment portfolio, Pensam has decided to exclude 26 of the largest global oil companies, writes Danish daily Information.
In the past two years, the topic of climate change has completely drowned the issue of water risk management disclosure improvements which has not had the necessary attention in board rooms, according to AP7 and Sustainalytics that publish a report on the subject today. AMWatch has discussed the development with the companies and whether improvement in 65 percent of the engaged companies are to be considered a satisfactory outcome.
The world's wealthiest families are front-runners when it comes to impact investments, says impact adviser at the Nordic Investment Forum, held by FinansWatch and AMWatch. Danish-based endowment fund The Velux Foundations are in the frontline with its impact strategy.
The second largest asset manager in the Nordics expects businesses to be affected by new EU standards for defining sustainable economic activities.
Europe's first large-scale factory to produce durable batteries for the automotive industry will be placed in Skellefteå almost 400 miles north of Stockholm. Swedish pension providers KPA Pension and Folksam are investing more than EUR 20m in the project led by battery developer Northvolt. Last week ATP and AMF also made an investment in the firm.
A PwC analysis of 65 of the largest listed companies in the Nordic region shows higher returns and more stable long-term growth among those with more women in management and the board.
Institutional investors hunger for alternatives, and assets in infrastructure funds alone have increased by 1,000 percent in four years.
The pension fund is working towards a green investment portfolio, but dumping traditional energy sources overnight would have extensive social consequences. For this reason, PFA adopts a more pragmatic approach, Group CFO explains.
The bond giant inspires bond issuers to finance projects to support UN’s global sustainability vision.
A chance to influence society by achieving sustainable development goals is part of the allure for investors in Nordea's newly launched "Gender Diversity Fund". The strategy behind the fund is based on multiple studies showing gender diversity's positive effect on company profits.
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The tricky part of integrating environmental, social and governance analysis across all managed assets is the application of it to unlisted asset classes, Amundi Chief Responsible Investment Officer Stanislas Pottier tells AMWatch. While not committing on the current progress, he remains positive that a 100 percent target is within reach.
The transaction represents Axa's second investment in Danish residential properties. Earlier this year, the asset manager bought 78 units in Copenhagen suburb.
The Danish pension fund allocates significant assets to the green transition in the Netherlands.
The higher risk profile of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partner's new fund, aimed at growth markets, will be limited by selling off a completed project more rapidly than normal. But local embeddedness will remain, says partner.
Backed by EUR 850 million, the London-based equity fund sets off to increase investments, particularly in the euro zone.
A group of investors plan to launch a climate endowment in the fall, targeting EUR 20-40bn of assets under management. The aim is to enable institutional investors to allocate more capital in renewable energy and other illiquid assets promoting the transition to a low carbon future.
The financial industry has developed a method to quantify the financial effects of environmental changes. The results of a pilot project involving 20 large global investors -- including Norwegian company DNB Asset Management -- were recently published.
An analysis of thousands of corporate disclosures on climate-change risks suggests that companies stand to gain more than they lose, mostly within the next five years.
The return drivers on listed equities will change in the years to come, predicts Schroders' Andrew Howard. To assist the asset management company's fund managers in identifying the future industry winners and losers, the company has developed a new risk assessment tool.
It is no secret that winning a Nordic mandate requires asset managers to demonstrate a systematic incorporation of ESG factors to reduce risk and create a long-term alpha source. In the past weeks, major investment managers have visited Copenhagen promoting initiatives in line with Nordic institutions’ current demand. However, with managers all running in the same direction and no universal formula, diversification is a must to stand out from the herd.
Europe, and especially the Nordics, have driven the early running on ESG, and now the ESG trend converges with the shift to passive investment strategies.
Retail investors have shown little interest in Danske Bank and Nordea's climate impact funds, writes Danish daily Børsen. Danske Bank faces the consequences.
The Government Pension Fund Global managing assets worth about NOK 8974bn was criticized earlier this year, when Norwegian daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported that the company had invested NOK 446m in five cannabis-related companies.
Several pension companies with a great amount of capital are willing to invest in electrification of Denmark. But regulations are in the way.
