Rapidly growing numbers of institutional investors – among them major Nordic pension funds – are backing a statement to put pressure on politicians to accelerate their policies on climate change mitigation. The statement was timed to coincide with COP24 talks on the Paris Agreement taking place in Poland's Katowice this week.
Responsible investing (RI) and ESG criteria are hot topics at the CFA society in Denmark, Finansforeningen -- where RI seminars have become popular with members.
With a background as a political adviser at an NGO and being known for his critical view on pension funds and their responsible investment policies, Troels Børrild now finds himself working on the other side of the table -- at Danish pension provider MP Pension.
One of the national pension funds backing Sweden's state pension is started looking for a new head of head sustainable value creation, the fund's head of communications and ESG has confirmed.
The Danish Center for ESG Research is going into partnership with businesses as well as institutional investors to devise a new set of tools aimed at making it easier for organizations to set high ambitions in the way they approach ESG.
Asset manager Nykredit is the first in Denmark to get an equity fund certified by the Nordic Eco-label
For the first time ever, an investor summit was held alongside the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires this weekend. Richard Gröttheim, the chief executive of Swedish pension fund AP7 was at the event.
Climate change is topping the agenda in the last few weeks of the year, as world leaders meet both at COP24 in Poland and this weekend's G20 meeting. AMWatch summarizes events.
An ever-growing interest in responsible investing is keeping Nordic ESG teams hard at work. One of the region's largest asset managers now expects to hire more people to keep up with the increasing attention.
The biggest publicly-traded life insurer in Norway, Storebrand ASA, is planning a total exit from coal by 2026.
The lack of action behind the goals of the Paris agreement was a problem, according to the CEO of PKA, Peter Damgaard. So in order to attract investors, the European Commission's long-term climate strategy must be bolstered by concrete steps.
European asset managers -- including several from Sweden -- are overexposed to coal and oil, according to a recent survey from WWF. New analytical methods are gaining a foothold, and could potentially contribute to new investment strategies in future.
Will the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) still be relevant for European signatories, once the planned EU taxonomy takes effect? Very much so, argues long-time asset manager and UNPRI board member Tycho Sneyers.
Orsted A/S is aiming to create a better balance between shareholders and debt investors by borrowing more.
In its eighth study, Eurosif has revealed a map of Europe where sustainable investment is still on the rise. Impact investing, too, is taking a leap forward -- while tobacco has become the most excluded product in European portfolios.
Senior portfolio manager Jan Willem de Moor manages a whole range of credit funds at Robeco. AMWatch grilled him on the differences between managing his dedicated development goals strategy and other credit strategies during his recent visit to Copenhagen.
Global warming may also impact monetary policy, according to research by the Swedish central bank that calls for a global fiscal policy to help prevent climate change.
Denmark's Sparinvest is listing a new high-yield fund on the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX). So far, the firm is the only Scandinavian asset manager to take advantage of LGX to reach a broader "sustainability audience".
Alongside 350 investors worldwide, 27 Nordic pension funds and investors have signed a statement to the world's governments ahead of two major climate summits.
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Earlier this year, Germany's DWS began to incorporate physical climate risk into its portfolio construction -- but has the practice sparked any changes? AMWatch turned to one of the EUR 700 billion money manager's head researchers in search of an answer.
Sweden's financial supervisory authority, Finansinspektionen, is not satisfied with the information standards on sustainability in equity funds. According to new survey, the information standards should be further developed as the present standards allow too much room for individual interpretation by the fund managers.
Green bonds are becoming so sought after that their returns no longer justify piling into the asset class, according to two largest private-sector pension funds in Finland.
AMWatch met the portfolio manager of a newly-launched credit strategy that has the UN development goals at the heart of every investment decision. Developing the strategy was harder than anticipated, he admits.
Everybody's talking about impact investing, but most don't know where to begin. Malene Bason, former head of manager and fund selection at Danske Bank has spotted a niche for her new venture.
The intensified focus on sustainability and impact has prompted Danish pension fund cooperation Skandia-Matter to offer an app which promises an easy way of identifying the impact their portfolio actually has.
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