Tag Archives: ESG
Activism over activity – we want effective asset management.
Reading the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study, you’d be tempted to give up on active asset management (to be frank you might to give up on investment funds altogether). Daniel Godfrey has a piece in the FT claiming that the … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, investment, pensions
Tagged Aberdeen, dc, ESG, HSBC, LGIM, Terry Smith, trustees, Warren Buffet, Woodford
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Is the Green tide stronger than one man?
In the past few days the Paris Treaty has been ratified. One man, Donald Trump, has threatened to put the short term interests of his country above the longer term interests of the globe. Neither we nor his citizens … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Climate change, Emma Douglas, ESG, Green, HSBC, LGIM, sustainability, Trump, trustees
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Long live their IGC – well done L&G!
Yesterday I wrote about going to the L&G IGC Forum. It was one of three great events I went to (the other was a meeting at the FCA to discuss outcomes of pension savings and the third an inspiring meeting … Continue reading
If you’re going to do it – do it right (now) – yes L&G!
This blog (and the Pension Plowman) have been a fan of L&G for some years. We admire L&G for its pioneering work on auto-enrolment, for its support of Pension PlayPen and for its work on engagement through what its CEO … Continue reading
Fuel, effeciency and our pensions!
Yesterday , Legal and General Investment Management ran a seminar in the City at which asset owners (pension trustees) and asset managers (LGIM) discussed harnessing the new technologies that give us everything from Tesler Cars to Hive and … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, children, Environment, ESG, HSBC, IGC, Paul Trickett, pensions, perforrmance, planet
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“How I want my money managed!”
I’d like to give everyone the chance to tell me how they’d like their money managed. Here is Mark Carney explaining in banker’s words why he would like people to think about climate change when managing all of our money … Continue reading
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Tagged children, ESG, social issues, Socially responsible investment, workplace Pensions
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DC4Good; ABdc and the Pension Trust get it.
DC just took a little step forward… Here’s AllianceBernstein‘s press release (with the flim-flam deleted and my comments in blue) AllianceBernstein has launched a range of ethical target date funds for the UK DC market. Good news, we all know that … Continue reading