Asset Allocation
COVID-19 Forced Sovereign Wealth Funds to Prioritize Sustainability
The funds are now more focused on ESG, health care, tech, and venture capital than ever before.
Tag: ESG
Newsmakers
Net-Zero Pledges Aren’t as Green as You Think, Says New Study
Of the 25 asset managers studied that were members of the Net Zero Asset Manager Initiative, not a single one required companies in their portfolios to stop developing new projects with coal, gas, and oil.
Regulation
Private Funds, ESG, Crypto Among SEC’s Priorities in 2022
The regulator released its annual report identifying the greatest risks facing investors and the markets.
Shareholders File More ESG Proposals Than Ever Ahead of This Proxy Season
Company diversity and climate change are the biggest issues for investors this year.
Regulation
Private Funds, ESG, Crypto Among SEC’s Priorities in 2022
The regulator released its annual report identifying the greatest risks facing investors and the markets.
Regulation
European Pension Regulator Launches Climate Risk Stress Test for 2022
The regulator imagines what will be the effects of a climate shock to pension funds’ balance sheets.
Newsmakers
Stanford Launches Research Initiative on Long-Term Investing
Ashby Monk gives CIO an inside look into the new initiative.
Regulation
Idaho Bills Aim to Curb Public ESG Investing
Legislation identifies sustainable investing as being among ‘disfavored state investments.’
Newsmakers
Sustainable Funds See Record-Breaking Year in 2021
ESG funds attracted nearly $70 billion in net flows last year, a 35% increase from 2020.
Asset Allocation
Green Fossil Fuel Companies: Are They Possible?
The data so far seems grim, with one notable exception.
Newsmakers
New York Common Calls on Tesla to Disclose Spending on Discrimination Complaints
The pension made the move after a racial discrimination lawsuit led to a $130 million verdict in punitive damages.
Asset Allocation
British Pension to Shift $6.7 Billion Away from Polluters
USS is the largest private pension fund in the UK.
Newsmakers
CalPERS Board President Henry Jones Resigns, Theresa Taylor Elected as New President
The new board president is ‘really big on ESG,’ according to an ex-board member.
Newsmakers
CalPERS’ Project to Measure ESG in Private Equity Has 100 Organizations, $8 Trillion Participating
Environmental, social, and governance investing is notoriously difficult to measure in a private equity context.
Newsmakers
ESG Activist Larry Fink Takes Heat From Right and Left
The BlackRock CEO is either too radical or too namby-pamby, critics say.