The People’s Pension moves £28bn from State Street citing stewardship misalignment
The master trust has significantly scaled back its investments with State Street, amid a wider push to exercise more control over its investment portfolio
Fixed Income
Empowering bondholders: how to drive climate action in fixed income portfolios
Chandra Gopinathan, head of Responsible Investment Research, and Rhona Cormack, senior stewardship specialist at Insight Investment and members of IIGCC's Bondholder Stewardship Working Group discuss how bondholders can pursue climate goals more effectively
Net Zero Investor Insurance Investment Summit
How can insurers decarbonise their investment portfolios? Net Zero Investor brought together leading insurance investors, Quinbrook, the Clean Growth Fund and the Green Finance Institute to discuss the opportunity
Decarbonisation beyond equities: why Avon Pension fund considers natural capital
Avon’s investment manager outlines the fund’s net zero strategy from targeting natural capital to decarbonising listed equities and corporate bonds.
EIOPA’s fossil fuel shakeup: are insurers rethinking their investment strategies?
EIOPA’s new guidance on the prudential treatment of fossil fuel assets for European insurers could spark significant changes. Are insurers rethinking their exposure?
Barbados completes debt-for-climate swap to address water shortages
The government of Barbados has successfully completed its first debt-for-climate swap aimed at making the island nation more resilient to climate change
Sovereign issuers in the spotlight: nations falling short of 1.5°C goals TPI warns
Sovereign bond issuers are making progress on emissions but remain off-track to meet 1.5°C targets, posing challenges for fixed income investors
A drop in the ocean: scaling up the blue bonds market
Approximately 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, yet bonds designed to support marine conservation are so far only a small segment of the fixed income market, how can it be scaled up?
Green bonds versus SLBs: Which structure is making the most impact?
Investors wishing to make a climate impact in fixed income now have access to an ever growing arsenal of tools, from green bonds to sustainability-linked debt, what are the most impactful levers?
In pictures: highlights from NZI’s 2024 Annual Conference
Delegates representing pension funds, insurers, charities, endowments and fund managers gathered at Stationer's Hall in the heart of the City of London.
NZI Annual Conference- tackling the real impact challenge
Net Zero Investor’s Annual Conference at Stationer’s Hall drew a full room of delegates to take stock of the key opportunities of the energy transition