Tag: fossil fuels

July 28, 2020

Why Natural Gas Is the Energy Investment of the Future

Renewable sources like wind and solar may not be enough. Pension plan investors weigh the odds.

Asset Allocation June 23, 2020

Vatican Calls for Catholics to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Church urges its 1.2 billion members to invest in renewable energy and to monitor mining activities.

Alternatives May 14, 2020

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Profits From Divestment

Philanthropic fund from the family that founded Standard Oil is now 99% fossil-fuel free.

Asset Allocation April 23, 2020

Harvard Adopts Goal for ‘Net-Zero’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

Directive for $41 billion endowment stops short of fossil fuel divestment demanded by faculty.

Asset Allocation February 12, 2020

Harvard Faculty Divestment Vote Unlikely to Sway Endowment

The university’s management firm has resisted pressure to divest its $41 billion portfolio from fossil fuels.

Asset Allocation January 13, 2020

Institutional Investors Call for Barclays to End Fossil Fuel Financing

Managers of more than $170 billion say bank lags behind peers in climate action.

Asset Allocation January 10, 2020

CalSTRS Rejects Fossil Fuel Divestment

A report details CalSTRS policy of engaging fossil fuel companies rather than dumping their stock, which it sees as a last resort and potentially harmful to the portfolio.

Asset Allocation December 17, 2019

University of British Columbia to Divest C$380 Million from Fossil Fuels

President declares climate emergency, but activists say it isn’t enough.

Asset Allocation November 5, 2019

Green Coalition: Pension Plans Miss Billions by Not Divesting from Fossil Fuels

Environmental groups say CalPERS, CalSTRS, and Colorado PERA missed $19 billion by keeping fossil fuel stocks in their portfolios.

Asset Allocation October 4, 2019

Norway’s Pension Fund Divests from Upstream Energy Companies

The Scandinavian country is the latest entity to run scared from oil-dependent firms.

Risk September 19, 2019

University of California Endowment, Pension to Divest All Fossil Fuels

CIO and investments chairman say faculty, student protests did not push the decision.

Risk June 21, 2019

Norway Approves Sovereign Wealth Fund Fossil Fuel Divestment

World’s largest pension fund will dump $13 billion worth of oil, gas, and coal investments.

Risk June 13, 2019

Pittsburgh Mayor Asks Pension to Divest Guns, Fossil Fuels, Private Prisons

'These are areas that our financial means should not perpetuate,’ says Bill Peduto.

Newsmakers June 3, 2019

Al Gore Calls on Harvard to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Former US vice president says alma mater’s investments a ‘moral issue.’

Risk May 30, 2019

UK MPs Call for Parliament’s Pension Fund to Divest Fossil Fuels

Lawmakers demand fund dumps BP, Royal Dutch Shell holdings.

Industry White Papers

Optimizing Pension Risk Transfer Timing and Execution Pension risk transfer transaction timing is always important — but now more than ever.

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q3 Update

Investing in Real Estate, Look to New York—Here’s Why Capitalizing on near-term opportunities

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q2 Update

Emerging Markets and Covid-19: Crisis or opportunity…or both? 2020 will be a challenging moment for Emerging Markets’ economies. But there will likely be a wide open Emerging Markets “door” that sees governments fall back on privatisation to bridge fiscal holes. In an environment of tight domestic monetary conditions and reduced cross border flows, the buyers of these assets have considerable advantage.

Meditations in an emergency Multi-Asset Strategist Adam Berger discusses the macro and market impact of the coronavirus and offers his "playbook" for the coming weeks and months, including thoughts on rebalancing and opportunistic investments.