Mona Dohle

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Editor at Net Zero Investor (NZI)

LGPS Editor at Room 151

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Articles

Pension Schemes Bill empowers government to enforce pooling

2 days ago | room151.co.uk | Mona Dohle

After a much-anticipated wait, the government has released its Pension Schemes Bill. What does it have in store for the LGPS? Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site. Subscribe As legislation goes, today’s much-anticipated Pension Schemes Bill bears some resemblance to Donald Trump's “big beautiful megabill”. In both cases, policymakers aimed to tackle
London LGPS fund adopts pass-through voting

3 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

A £2.3bn local government pension fund has become the latest to adopt pass-through voting in a bid to exercise greater influence over its investments in pooled funds. Southwark, which is part of the London CIV Pool, announced today that it has implemented pass-through voting on its holdings with Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and BlackRock, the former supported by Tumelo’s ProxySphere voting technology.
Beyond green: inside the nascent space of transition bond funds

3 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

Decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors, such as energy, aviation, and steel requires expensive changes, from the retrofitting of plants and physical infrastructure to the adoption of new technologies and a shift to renewable energy sources. The World Economic Forum estimates the need for an eye-watering $13.5trn in investments in such sectors by 2050.
LGPS Central downgrades fixed income manager over ESG failings

3 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

LGPS Central has reported that it has engaged with 661 companies during 2024 on climate change and issued a downgrade to one manager due to ESG-related concerns. The stewardship report, published on 4 June, detailed LGPS Central’s manager engagement, with the pension pool marking engagement disclosure through a rating process.
Treasury cites lack of merger plans in Brunel rejection

4 days ago | room151.co.uk | Mona Dohle

A decision not to prioritise pool mergers has been a key reason why the Treasury has rejected Brunel’s business plan, Room151 can reveal. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site. Subscribe In April, two LGPS pools and 21 LGPS funds were confronted with the news that their business plans had not met the government’s expectations
US manager acquires Oxford-based energy analytics firm

4 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

British energy analytics firm Aurora Energy Research has been acquired by TPG Rise Climate, a climate-focused investment platform of the $251bn US asset manager TPG. The Oxford-based firm, which offers market outlook packages for energy industry participants and advisory support said the deal would accelerate its international expansion and support the next phase of its growth.
German manager divests from Exxon over emissions disclosures

5 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

Union Investment, one of Germany’s largest asset managers, has sold its holdings in ExxonMobil due to concerns over the firm’s decision not to disclose Scope 3 emissions. The manager, which oversees approximately €500bn in assets and is owned by a consortium of cooperative banks in Germany, had until recently held a €500m stake in the US oil giant, predominantly through listed equities, a spokesperson for Union confirmed to Net Zero Investor.
‘Disappointing’ - FRC drops ESG from stewardship definition

5 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

The code, designed to set a benchmark for best practice in stewardship, has been widely supported across the UK financial sector. It currently counts more than 300 signatories, including asset managers and owners representing approximately £50trn in assets under management.
Will transition debt become the new green for sovereigns?

6 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

Until Japan’s landmark $11bn issuance last February, transition bonds were the niche preserve of mostly Asian corporates, accounting for only a tiny percentage of global issuance of sustainability bonds. Outside of Japan and China, the only other transition bond issuers were the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Italian energy infrastructure company, Snam, though both were repeat issuers. The full article appeared in NZI Spark! and is available here.
Dutch pension giant invests in sustainable aviation fuel

6 days ago | netzeroinvestor.net | Mona Dohle

Pension fund investor APG is backing a firm that aims to develop and scale up the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) globally. APG, the investment manager for Dutch public-sector pension giant ABP, has committed €250m to SkyNRG, in a bid to facilitate a wider uptake of sustainable aviation fuels.