To speed up the integration of climate change risk analysis into the management of large pools of assets, a group of six SWFs have recently launched the framework The One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund Working Group.
This summer, Sparinvest has added a new ethical fund to its palette of passive funds. But instead of taking the traditional route and following an ethical index, the institution is taking a different approach and formulating its own set of ethical guidelines for the fund, according to Lars Toft Jensen, Senior Portfolio Manager.
To what extent can a green bond programme help mitigate climate change risk? In newly-published reports, both Swedbank and Nordea have been measuring the impact of their green assets.
Sparinvest has become an all A-grade student in the annual assessment report from the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The asset manager's head of responsible of investment shed some light on how the score was boosted, stressing that it is the portfolio managers -- not her -- making the main decisions.
It has been more than 1,000 days since UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted. The clock is ticking, and companies, institutional investors and top executives must accelerate the pace of progress, says Lise Kingo, CEO of UN Global Compact.
Storebrand AM is bolstering its sustainable investments team, bringing in two analysts from beyond the world of financial spreadsheets.
Investors should be aware of the most common pitfalls when incorporating ESG factors into investment decision making, a new white paper by RAM Active Investments concludes.
Rob Drijkoningen is one of the best-performing EM debt managers of his peer group. The way he picks alpha-generating debt securities in emerging markets is to put equal weight on ESG scores and hard financial data. AMWatch talked to him about this approach at the Nordic Investment Forum.
Several Danish pension funds are interested in investing in three new offshore wind farms that are part of the new energy agreement, according to business daily Borsen.
PKA and Danica are open to biogas investments, according to the business news service Finans. Pension companies' interest in the renewables sub-sector has ramped up a notch, according to the CEO of a major supplier.
LGT Capital Partners has been following private equity managers in the US, Asia and Europe over the last five years. The alternatives specialist's latest report finds PE managers taking ESG more seriously -- particularly in Europe. Now it's time to raise the bar, says LGT.
In a new declaration, Denmark and 22 other countries have promised to explore the different ways they could intensify their efforts on averting climate change.
Having systemized its screening process, Pensam now analyzes its asset managers' efforts on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The Danish pension provider plans to follow up on these results, and asset managers failing to move in a positive direction will be ousted, says CEO Torsten Fels.
On the Nordic Investment Forum on Tuesday, Sean Kidney, Chief Executive and co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initative told about the green bonds opportunity. Afterwards, he did a video interview with AMWatch.
Experts on the interaction between financial markets and sustainable investments gathered on Tuesday at the Nordic Investment Forum, hosted by AMWatch and FinansWatch. This year's main question was: How does the future look for responsible investments?
Investors have been slow to start putting money into projects supporting the Paris Climate Accord. However, the market has improved, and investors are showing more interest, said Peter Damgaard Jensen, Chair of the board at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change.
