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Investment consultants to play "crucial" role in investment industry’s push for net zero  Submitted 21/09/2021 - 12:01pm Investment consultants are planning to use their influence in the investment industry to push for net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner.  A group of investment consultants with USD10 trillion in assets under advice, including Willis Towers Watson, Redington,…

A new investment style has proliferated over the last decade or so: the copycat investor.

The race for scale among active managers in response to low-cost ETF competition may be self-defeating.

Greenhouse gas emission intensity of investments in Evenlode funds is 10 times lower than for MSCI World Index Submitted 21/09/2021 - 1:27pm The greenhouse gas emissions associated with investing in an average Evenlode portfolio are ten times lower than an equivalent investment in a fund tracking the MSCI World Index. This is according to the latest Evenlode…

Non-compliance with UK pensions law would be considered 'a disclosable event from the firm to the auditor,' says one pensions lawyer

Asset managers should be “excited, not fearful” as outsourcing trend continues to grow, says Russell Investments Submitted 13/09/2021 - 11:59am An ever-increasing number of institutional investors are choosing to hand over their assets to fiduciary managers and Outsourced Chief Investment Officers (OCIOs), rather than managing their investments in-house.  Total assets managed under…

The Investment Association (IA) has warned of misleading disclosures, mis-pricing of assets and mis-allocation of capital if the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals on climate-related disclosures are not amended, while rejecting the need for a new UK green bond standard.

Crypto investors will not return to traditional asset management, says Consensys Submitted 22/09/2021 - 12:41pm The growth of investment in digital assets could end up damaging traditional investment management, according to speakers at an online event last week. At a FundsEurope webinar last week…

Lack of knowledge prevents pension trustees from capitalising on post-pandemic investment opportunities Submitted 16/09/2021 - 9:24am Professional trustees’ appetite for taking risk has increased since pre-pandemic, according to a new study of Professional DB Trustees, conducted by Charles Stanley Fiduciary Management.  Almost half (47 per cent) of…

The UK’s first green gilt is on track to beat all previous records for British government debt sales.

If you ran your IPS through a stress test, would it be strong enough to withstand the pressure?

Retail investors would have greater confidence in sustainability information it was subject to independent assurance, new research shows.

Schroders will include sustainability data at an individual fund level within its next Assessment of Value report in order to improve transparency for clients.

Investors keep seeing a decline in global growth expectations, while profit expectations plummeted on a month-over-month basis.

New asset backed blockchain cryptocurrency moves into launch phase Submitted 13/09/2021 - 3:01pm VIPUSD Coin, the Blockchain Cryptocurrency, backed by USD3.6 trillion worth of land, energy and other mineral assets, has moved into launch phase after selling an initial USD23 million worth of currency at a pre-launch discount token price of USD1,200 with…

The support of the asset management industry is essential if net zero emission goals are to be reached, but success requires involvement from all levels of society

Adam Lewis asks multi-asset specialists whether cryptocurrencies have a place in investors’ portfolios

How have equal- and market-cap weighted US equity portfolios performed relative to one another during downturns?

Companies with stand-alone ESG committees have higher sustainability scores, research shows Submitted 07/09/2021 - 9:40am A joint study by NN Investment Partners (NN IP) and governance services provider Glass Lewis reveals that companies with stand-alone ESG committees tend to have higher ESG scores, reflected in NN IP's proprietary ESG Lens. Companies with this supervisory structure account…