Anders Schelde is CFO at AkademikerPension. | Foto: Pr/mp Pension

AkademikerPension invests in French climate fund

The Danish pension fund is investing a three-digit million-kroner sum in the early phase of climate projects.

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At least 40,000 years old paintings that depict animals discovered in caves on the island of Sulawesi are rewriting the history of art. | Foto: Handout/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Oil fund puts Indonesian company on observation list, fearing damage to cultural heritage

Richard House, head of emerging market debt at Allianz Global Investors, thinks that we will see the same level of return in emerging markets’ sovereign debt as typically seen in equities. | Foto: Magnus Eidem

Allianz pursues using ESG to find excess return in emerging market debt

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CIP makes first investment in Nordic onshore wind farms

Shell will commence its annual general meeting today, Tuesday. | Foto: May James/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

PFA met with criticism for increasing investment in oil company

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Maunu Lehtimäki, CEO of Evli Plc. | Foto: PR Evli.

Defense investments are hardly a black and white issue, says Evli CEO

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Oil fund to file shareholder proposals on ESG
Filing a shareholder motion is particularly suited to companies in the US, partly because US companies lag behind their European counterparts in ESG matters, says NBIM’s head of corporate governance.
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Analysis: Does AGM activism pay off?
Shareholder activism is a tool that comes in handy for investors at the Annual General Meetings. It creates attention and publicity. But does it create results? Flemming Højbo analyzes the AGM trend.
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Danish pension fund increases voting at international AGMs
LD Fonde is taking a more active ownership role by voting at an increasing number of AGMs outside Denmark, the pension fund reports.
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AP7 to increase climate focus on high-emitting companies
The Swedish default pension fund has published its new Climate Action Plan 2023 which stipulates a stronger focus on influencing companies with a high carbon footprint.
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AP Pension invests in solar farm project through direct loan financing
The Danish pension fund engages in direct lending to green projects for the very first time. The money is set for photovoltaics - commonly known as solar panels - in Portugal.
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AP7 toughens voting on companies with high emissions and low climate progress
Major Swedish pension fund has “strengthened” its expectations of companies that lag behind their peers on climate change – and will vote accordingly at AGMs.
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Industriens Pension strikes oil company from exclusion list despite climate plan disapproval
Exxon features on the restricted lists of a long line of pension funds, but Industriens Pension has opted to remove the oil major from theirs.
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Graven Larsen’s Qblue funds keep their AAA ratings despite massive MSCI downgrades
Only 0.2% of all funds now have an ESG AAA rating from MSCI compared to previously 19.9%.
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Storebrand excludes company accused of threatening wildlife
For the first time, Norway’s Storebrand Asset Management has excluded a company based on its impact on endangered animals.
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Sweden's leading asset managers have different approaches to defense investments
In the new geopolitical landscape, one of Sweden’s major asset managers has felt compelled to take a closer look at its investment policies on military equipment.
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ESG debt investors face confusion over trigger event for payment
Investors in a controversial corner of the ESG debt market are facing a new layer of uncertainty thanks to a gray area of carbon accounting.
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More Swedish savers than ever invest in sustainable funds
The fact that more men than previously have chosen this particular fund option is the main reason for the increase in sustainable investing, the Swedish Investment Fund Association writes.
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OP plans to upgrade funds and launch new dark green fund
Fresh statistics suggest that the wave of Article 9 fund downgrades is now over. CEO of OP Asset Management Tuomas Virtala explains OP’s plans for its ESG funds and how it aims to avoid downgrading.
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Real estate industry leaders consider ESG a top priority
ESG targets are currently of top priority in the real estate industry. It is going to be costly, but it will pay off, some of the industry’s leading figures posited at the PropTech Symposium 2023.
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German fund manager looks for new projects and partners in the Nordics
Commerz Real’s head of green deal infrastructure Yves-Maurice Radwan, speaks about his ambitions in Nordic renewable energy.
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Funds marketed as "sustainable" hit by crossborder reality check
New report reveals that only 4% of funds using the word sustainability, or some version of it in their names, actually comply with all current and planned requirements set by authorities.
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The number of climate funds out there has exploded
Finding the right climate strategy is becoming increasingly complicated.
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Handelsbanken Fonder to reclassify seven index funds as Article 9
The Swedish fund manager believes that it has received clarification from the EU system on its Paris-aligned benchmark funds. The funds will probably be upgraded before the summer, CEO tells AMWatch.
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Norges Bank excludes two Asian companies
Norway’s gigantic oil fund has decided to exclude two Asian companies from its investment portfolio. The companies collaborate with an organization affiliated with the military in Myanmar, it says.
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Analysis: Will Americans destroy ESG?
The anti-ESG movement gains foothold in the USA. This is bad news for the climate. However, it can be good news for Nordic asset managers dedicated to ESG, AMWatch analyst Flemming Højbo points out.
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