Asset Allocation
Review Finds Impact Investing, Fossil Fuel Divestment Do Not Harm Returns
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund beat its primary benchmark while growing climate focus and ESG integration, consultant TIIP found.
Tag: ESG
Opinion
System-Level Investing in Practice: From Beliefs to Blueprints
‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.’ But what if the road itself is crumbling?
Pensions
Japan’s GPIF Research Finds Some ESG Factors Boost Corporate Value
Diversity-related and other key performance indicators led to increased corporate value, according to the $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund.
Opinion
What System-Level Investing Is—and Why It’s Different From Any Approach You’ve Used Before
System-level investing links portfolio performance to the health of the systems that sustain it—and retools investment strategy accordingly.
Opinion
Outdated Financial Theory Is Failing Us All: What CIOs Must Rethink About Risk, Return and Resilience
Today’s systemic threats—from climate breakdown to democratic backsliding—demand a fundamental shift in how CIOs understand and manage long-term value creation.
Regulation
SEC Withdraws 14 Biden-Era Rulemaking Proposals
Commission says it does not intend to issue final rules on best execution, ESG, cybersecurity and other proposals.
Market Moves
Trends Emerging in Active, Unusual Proxy Season
The year could shape what measures end up in proxy seasons going forward and who is casting the votes.
Corporate Moves
Proposals Against ESG, DEI Set to Increase This Proxy Season
ISS-Corporate research projected how shareholder engagement is likely to change this year.
Research
Banks With Decarbonization Efforts Perform Better, Research Finds
ISS STOXX found correlations with decarbonization, ESG performance and financial performance.
Research
Insurers Further Embrace Private Assets, Especially Private Credit
Approximately 62% of insurers plan to increase their private markets allocations, according to a survey of insurance CIOs conducted by Goldman Sachs.
Research
AI Energy Drain Among Issues Facing ESG Investors
Data center energy needs, human rights and plastic pollution are among trends for investors to watch, according to ISS ESG.
Manager Selection
UK Pension Replaces State Street With Invesco, Amundi for $35B Mandate
The $40 billion People’s Pension’s moved the vast majority of its assets away from State Street Global Advisors to stay aligned with the fund’s responsible-investment policy.
Newsmakers
NYC Pension Systems Name Valerie Red-Horse Mohl as Deputy CIO
In charge of responsible investing at the $279 billion systems, Red-Horse Mohl will oversee diverse and emerging manager programs; ESG investing; and targeted investment programs.
Pensions
Target Faces Another Lawsuit Related to ESG, DEI ‘Risks’
A police pension fund in Florida claims the company deceitfully hid the potential financial risks of celebrating Pride Month.
Market Moves
NBIM Touts Governance, Activism Track Record in 2024
Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of the world's largest sovereign fund, released its 11th annual responsible investment report, highlighting progress in its climate action plan.