Ben Thornley, co-founder at Tideline, looks at how value creation practices bring a manager’s impact credentials into sharper focus, the strong positive correlation between impact and financial performance, and the role of allocators in incentivizing and enabling managers to deliver impact value.
In the latest development of its private market portfolio, Swiss pension fund PUBLICA is investing in infrastructure equity in a partnership with three other Swiss pension funds and Dutch pension investor APG.
Dutch fund Detailhandel takes participant engagement to a new level as it begins to integrate feedback and preferences from a three day beneficiary forum into investment strategy.
Small caps have lagged returns in the S&P500 and stand to benefit most from rate cuts because of floating rate debt. It’s why UTIMCO’s chief Rich Hall forecasts investors opportunities ahead.
Benchmarks are highlighted in the recent CFA Institute paper as among the historical norms that make investing in climate challenging. MSCI Institute’s Linda-Eling Lee talks about the complexities and evolution of climate benchmarks including the use of balanced scorecard-toolkits that are improving the technology.
Key findings from the GPIF’s stewardship report finds engagement leads to more companies introducing KPIs and corporate Scope 3 emission reporting often results in companies reporting more emissions than they have.
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