Dalriada Trustees, one of the UK’s largest independent trustee firms, has selected Minerva Analytics to carry out vital duties for its pension fund clients related to the newly introduced implementation statement.
Dalriada, …
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Regulators: Beware of climate risks in actuarial forecasts
Regulators are warning that risks from climate change pose a significant threat to the quality and accuracy of actuarial work.
This latest warning from the Joint Forum on Actuarial Regulation – which …
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Managing securities lending policies in line with ESG goals, rather than halting them completely, should result in better outcomes for shareholders, research suggests.
In recent months, asset owners had been quizzing fund firms …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a renewed emphasis on the ‘social’ aspect of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.
Companies that place a high priority on the wellbeing of staff are likely to be those that succeed in the …
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Whilst asset owners’ approach to ESG has been slowly shaped by regulatory and best practice influences over time, we have now reached the point that inaction on the topic is no longer possible, according to Sarah Wilson, Minerva’s Chief Executive…
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Investors look ahead to ambitious EU agenda
Fund groups, investors and law firms are weighing up the readiness of EU member states to implement new rules relating to environmental, social and governance-based investments.
Top of the list is the introduction …
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Significant challenges exist for asset stewards in terms of assessing whether pertinent ESG factors have been identified and integrated into the investment process of their asset managers, according to Niall O’Shea from Discern Sustainability.
At Minerva’s recent ESG Educational Event …
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Asset owners must have the courage of their convictions to push forward with ESG policies – particularly when relevant data is hard to come by.
That was one of the overarching messages from …
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