Podcast: Stefan Lundbergh, director at Cardano, and John Howchin, secretary-general of the Council on Ethics for Sweden’s national pension funds, discuss why socially aware investing is so important for pension funds of all sizes — and how trustees can go about taking action.

Video: Ben Cooper, head of manager research at Cardano, explains how to make sure external managers meet sustainability requirements, how easy it is to get information from third parties, and what questions trustees should be asking during the manager appointment process.

Podcast: Arthur Leijgraaff, senior treasury officer at the Dutch development bank FMO, and Rik Klerkx, senior portfolio manager at Cardano, explain what goes into a green bond issuance, and what trustees need to ask of their asset managers and issuers.

Podcast: Lincoln Pensions managing director Michael Bushnell explains how scheme trustees can effectively address climate change risk in their sponsor covenant analysis.

Podcast: Tim Middleton, director of policy and external affairs at the Pensions Management Institute, and Steven Taylor, partner at LCP, discuss the Pensions Regulator’s new code of practice, collective defined contribution schemes, and flexibility within the defined benefit universe.

Video: With ESG and climate change now required by law to be part of schemes’ investment principles, how can trustees make sure they are implementing these principles effectively? Cardano client director Helen Prior discusses implementation, integration and impact with regard to ESG and sustainability.

Podcast: Richard Butcher, managing director of PTL, reflects on his tenure as Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association chair, in an episode covering GMP guidance, master trusts and bespoke indices for environmental, social and governance investments.

Podcast: Kim Gubler, chair of the Pensions Administration Standards Association, and David Saunders, senior partner elect at Sackers, discuss defined contribution consolidation, the Aon and Willis Towers Watson abandoned merger, new developments in the pensions dashboards project and the regulator’s review of schemes eligible for the Fraud Compensation scheme.  

Video: Keith Guthrie, deputy chief investment officer at Cardano, discusses how schemes can be ready to invest in a world where climate change and sustainability are now among the top priorities.