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NewsPension funds under pressure to tackle hidden modern slavery risks
IFM Investors warns that opaque supply chains and weak enforcement are allowing modern slavery to persist in pension portfolios – and calls for coordinated action across the investment ecosystem.
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NewsScottish Widows embeds sustainability into new lifetime pension offering
Scottish Widows has revamped its largest default fund to target a higher exposure to growth assets and embed sustainability targets.
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NewsUSS overhauls responsible investment approach
The pension scheme’s revitalised multi-pronged sustainability strategy is partly dependent on government policy coordination.
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FeaturesOutlook 2025: Seeking to improve the sustainability status quo
Many pension schemes are adopting more forward-looking approaches to ensure they are having a meaningful impact on climate change, writes Alastair O’Dell.
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News‘Companies are not listening to us’: DC schemes’ net zero challenges
Sustainability leaders at Nest and NOW Pensions outline issues with engagement and achieving stewardship goals that risk stalling the momentum of tackling carbon emissions and climate change.
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NewsInvestors increasingly understand social impact investing
The UK’s social impact investment market grew to £10bn at the end of 2023.
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OpinionAddressing the complexity of social factors
Following the publication of the Taskforce on Social Factors’ first report, Maria Nazarova-Doyle explains the group’s approach and what it means for trustees.
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NewsTrustees expected to engage with consultation on social factors
The Taskforce for Social Factors has released a guide for consultation, which includes more than 30 suggestions of how social factors can be better incorporated into investment decisions.
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NewsPension schemes told to stop investing in oil and gas
Pension schemes were urged to look at their exposure to companies which generate their income from fossil fuels at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s ESG conference in London this week.
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OpinionFiduciary duty must serve members’ interests
Fiduciary duty needs a rethink. It’s time to think about what members actually want.
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NewsFour new scenarios that could act as a ‘tipping point’ in pension industry’s approach to climate change.
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has teamed up with the University of Exeter to publish research which presents four new climate scenarios that look at shorter-term and realistic horizons to inform investment decision making.
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NewsPension investment: What does private equity look like?
As pension funds gear up to place more of their assets in private equity, we look at what areas of PE are predicted to provide returns for savers.
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NewsWales Pension Partnership launches a global ESG sub fund
WPP, the pooling entity for the eight Welsh LGPS Funds, said the fund enhances the choice available to authorities and helps fulfil their sustainable investment objectives.
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NewsCushon opts for Ninety One's Global Total Return Credit strategy
Master trust Cushon has chosen the Ninety One Global Total Return Credit (GTRC) strategy as its default fund option.
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NewsAsset managers fall short of claims about climate and biodiversity
The world’s largest asset managers are failing to use their influence to influence the dual crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change, according to new research from lobbyist ShareAction.
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OpinionInvestors must insist on decarbonisation – before it’s too late
Investors have a role – and the power – to encourage sustainable business models. ShareAction’s Lydia Darby talks about why they went to BASF’s AGM last month.
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NewsScottish Widows and Interactive Investor see green pension demand
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including a study from Scottish Widows suggesting green pensions are valuable for recruitment, and news that one in 10 workers have chosen a sustainable pension.
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NewsTPR updates climate risks guidance
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has updated its guidance on climate-related risk requirements to include mention of the “portfolio alignment metric”, which affected schemes have had to provide since October 1.
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PodcastsPodcast: Webb - Opperman achieved but ‘got sidetracked easily’
Podcast: LCP partner Sir Steve Webb gives his view on Guy Opperman’s time as pensions minister, and discusses under-saving in defined contribution and a local council investment scandal.
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NewsTPR’s criminal powers ‘pose risks’ to universities
The Pensions Regulator’s new criminal powers could potentially pose risks to university sponsors of defined benefit schemes, especially in light of reforms at the Universities Superannuation Scheme, legal experts have said.