Market Moves
CalSTRS Votes Against Record Number of Boards in 2024
The $341 billion pension giant opposed more than 2,200 boards of directors in proxy voting this year, mainly on climate risk disclosure.
Tag: Sustainability
Opinion
Identify Risk and Opportunity Through Sustainability Data
Enhance investment analysis by integrating ESG performance scores and key issue data.
Asset Allocation
How Sustainability Disclosures and Regulations Benefit Investors
Information becoming available under new regulatory disclosures can be beneficial for investors looking to make sustainable investments.
Research
How Endowments Can Evaluate Their Sustainability Levels
A new method to assess institutions is unveiled, with the highest marks going to Lewis & Clark College.
Asset Allocation
How Investment Management Is Helping Increase Sustainability
AdventHealth CIO Rob Roy is leading a team working to make the system more flexible and better prepared for climate-related stresses.
Opinion
Commentary: Energy Transition Wave to Dominate Investment Landscape
A huge wave of change will create substantial risk and opportunity for institutional investors across geographies, sectors and asset classes.
Asset Allocation
How 5 Of the World’s Largest Pension Funds Invest to Combat Climate Change
It’s trickier for some, like the Norwegian program, which is funded by North Sea oil.
Asset Allocation
Insurers Eye Riskier Investments, One-Third Make Major Changes
Impact investing and longer-duration bonds are on the buy list, says Nuveen.
Asset Allocation
Global Investors Increase Focus on Portfolio Emissions
With no drop-off in reported climate commitments, implementation is the next challenge, according to Robeco research.
Pensions
CalSTRS Cites Funding Status, Net Zero Progress, and DEI in Sustainability Report
Sustainability report highlights progress on topics including funding; the path to net zero; sustainable operations; and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Manager Selection
Bridgewater Promotes Karniol-Tambour to Co-CIO
Formerly co-CIO of sustainability, she joins Greg Jensen and Bob Prince in managing the $150 billion hedge fund’s portfolio.
Newsmakers
Han Yik Named Senior Advisor at New York State Teachers’ Pension
Yik will advise NYSTRS CIO Thomas Lee on regulatory, public policy and ESG matters.
Risk
5 Ways to Supercharge a Portfolio Against a Blah Tomorrow, per CAIA
The group assembles an allocation strategy designed to overcome the meager results expected ahead.
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
Swedish Pension Responds to Accusation of Taking Blacklist Too Far
AP7 was accused of committing a ‘security scandal’ by linking Wärtsilä to nuclear weapons production.