November 2022
23Nov

European regulator drafts guidelines for ESG fund names

European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Union's securities regulator, is seeking input as it works on rules for funds calling themselves sustainable or ESG. In a consultation paper published Nov. 18, ESMA offered draft guidelines for such funds, saying the names "should be supported in a material way by evidence of sustainability characteristics or objectives that are reflected fairly and consistently in the fund's investment objectives and policy." The proposal said those names "are a powerful marketing tool." Read also...

November 23, 2022
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17Nov

Getting In On The Act: A New Generation Of Investors Is Here

Gen-Z and millennials are digital natives, caring about climate change, advocating for fair practices, and seeking impact investments that align with their values, and offer more than a short-term financial return. The investment world has undergone rapid change since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. Data shows that global venture funding reached a record US$621 billion in 2021- more than double the 2020 mark of $294 billion. It is also swinging away from the historically dominant US, with Asia now...

November 17, 2022
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16Nov

Divulgación ASG y de sostenibilidad en mercados de capitales – Una mirada a América Latina

Por El Global Reporting Initiative –GRI- & AG Sustentable La transparencia es un elemento esencial para el éxito del mercado financiero porque contribuye a la generación de confianza, y permite el análisis de riesgos y la toma de decisiones de inversión más informadas. Es por eso que contar con información de sostenibilidad suficiente y de calidad por parte de los emisores es indispensable para los inversionistas y demás actores del mercado. Por ello el Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) con apoyo...

November 16, 2022
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15Nov

The Nobel laureate, Paul Krugman and other experts will celebrate 25th anniversary of the Mexican pension system at Encuentro Amafore 2022

Encuentro Amafore 2022 will take place at the Citibanamex Center on the 16 and 17 of November, with keynote speeches by the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, Paul Krugman; 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and geopolitical expert Anne Applebaum; the political scientist, writer and professor at Stanford University, Francis Fukuyama; and the Director of Strategic Alliances and Contents of América Móvil, Arturo Elías Ayub. It will also feature keynote addresses by the director of strategic functions at BlackRock, Peter Fisher; Franklin...

November 15, 2022
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15Nov

El premio Nobel, Paul Krugman y otros expertos celebrarán los 25 años del sistema de pensiones Mexicano en el Encuentro Amafore 2022

Este 16 y 17 de Noviembre de 2022 se llevará a cabo el encuentro Amafore 2022 en el Centro Citibanamex, con conferencias magistrales por el premio Nobel de Economía 2008, Paul Krugman; la historiadora y experta en geopolítica, premio Pulitzer 2004, Anne Applebaum; el politólogo, escritor y profesor de la Universidad de Stanford, Francis Fukuyama; y el Director de Alianzas Estratégicas y Contenidos de América Móvil, Arturo Elías Ayub. También contará con conferencias principales por el director de funciones estratégicas...

November 15, 2022
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10Nov

Nordic pension funds want to increase climate investments in emerging markets and developing economies

At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Climate Investment Coalition (CIC), in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers, presented key investor recommendations to bridge the climate finance and investment gap by 2030 towards emerging markets and developing economies. This was made alongside an overview of Nordic pension fund progress within climate and clean energy investments in 2022. Despite financial challenges and a volatile economic environment, the first wave of pension fund reporting in 2022 indicates that the Nordic pension...

November 10, 2022
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08Nov

US. Climate investors eye midterms with caution

After an active year of federal policy in favor of climate technology, investors are preparing to go it alone should the midterm results change the tone in Washington. Why it matters: Private investors may have to step up and fund potentially risky, capital-intensive projects like battery-manufacturing plants or grid-resilience projects should federal funds and incentives be pulled back or stopped altogether. Context: Several Republican candidates in state and federal races have indicated that ESG initiatives, particularly from large asset managers running...

November 8, 2022
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08Nov

Japan’s GPIF reports 0.88% decline for latest quarter

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, Tokyo, said its portfolio ended the latest quarter with ¥192.1 trillion ($1.33 trillion) in assets, down 0.88%, or $11.6 billion, from the prior quarter. In a statement posted on GPIF's website Friday, Masataka Miyazono, the pension fund's president, said rate hikes in the U.S. and Europe to contain inflationary pressures stoked concerns of recession, depressing stock prices at home and abroad. But the dollar's continued gains vs. the yen during the quarter ended Sept. 30, to...

November 8, 2022
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04Nov

Pension funds can influence a major shift in ESG investing

Year after year, parties to the UN Climate Change Conference make pledges to mend their ways in key focus areas such as carbon emissions. The centrality of finance as the catalyst for change in climate matters has been reiterated. As such, pension funds can loop in to make a change and simultaneously derive satisfactory value for their members. Possibly the largest mobiliser of private finance globally, pension funds are a potential superpower in the climate change battle. With Kenya’s assets...

November 4, 2022
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October 2022
28Oct

US. Faculty Wants Pensions Out of Fossil Fuels

Student activists have been demanding that higher education institutions divest their endowments from fossil fuel companies for over a decade. Now, as more institutions move toward sustainable investment, a group of faculty is calling on its pension fund to go green. About 300 clients of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America–College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA), which hundreds of higher education institutions use to invest faculty members’ pensions, are calling on the fund to divest from companies they say...

October 28, 2022
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