Dutch financial market authority AFM has analysed the behaviour of local individual investors.
Japan's government pension investment fund, the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the UK's Universities Superannuation Scheme have signed a partnership for sustainable capital markets.
Norway’s €1trn Government Pension Fund Global has asked company boards to provide ‘relevant, quantitative and comparable information’ on ESG issues.
Similar measures were taken by the Singaporian sovereign wealth fund at the time of the SARS outbreak and the global financial crisis.
Norway’s €1trn sovereign wealth fund recorded a 19.9% return (€164.94bn) in 2019 – the best in the fund’s history.
Trond Grande, deputy CEO of the €1trn sovereign wealth fund, is one of the eight applicants contending for the postition of the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).
Swedish pension fund AP1 records highest return in ten years in 2019.
The Italian association for supplementary pension schemes Assoprevidenza and the national council of chartered accountants and accounting experts CNDCEC have set up the Center for the protection of institutional shareholder rights.
While nine out of ten Nordic investors are interested in impact investing, allocations are still limited to 5% of the portfolios.
The number of women and young individuals is increasing within Dutch pension fund boards.
