ESG

FIS MIT 2017

ESG industry needs better social skills

Human rights advocate Kerry Kennedy says ESG frameworks are not providing investors with enough reliable data about human rights and other social issues to allow accurate assessment of risks.

Amanda WhiteOctober 4, 2017

PRI in Person

GPIF, AP2 go granular on ESG integration

GPIF’s Hiro Mizuno and AP2’s Eva Halvarsson stressed the importance of combating short-termism at every level of the investment chain and throughout the organisation, to forge sustainability.

Amanda WhiteSeptember 28, 2017

Opinion

Credit-risk analysts weighing ESG

A PRI report finds that ESG factors are slowly becoming a bigger consideration by ratings agencies in bond markets. The PRI plans industry forums to make further progress.

Carmen NuzzoSeptember 14, 2017

Opinion

Improve human capital disclosure

When investors know how companies strategically manage and organise people, they can make better decisions. In the ongoing digital disruption, investors need such information more than ever.

Doug HolmesSeptember 11, 2017

Asset Classes

Norway reviews GPFG strategy

Norway is looking into whether GPFG, the world’s largest sovereign fund, should take on more diversifying assets and expand its tracking error. The fund’s ESG performance is also under review.

Sarah RundellAugust 28, 2017

Asset Allocation

NZ Super cleans out its carbon

Investors are not getting paid for taking on carbon risk according to New Zealand Super, prompting the fund to move its global passive equities portfolio to low carbon.

Amanda WhiteAugust 21, 2017

FIS MIT 2017

ESG industry needs better social skills

PRI in Person

GPIF, AP2 go granular on ESG integration

Opinion

Credit-risk analysts weighing ESG

Opinion

Improve human capital disclosure

Asset Classes

Norway reviews GPFG strategy

Asset Allocation

NZ Super cleans out its carbon

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