Susanna Rust

London

Deputy News Editor at Investment & Pensions Europe

A financial journalist who's also always got her eye on sport and the great outdoors.

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Net Zero Banking Alliance drops 1.5°C lending alignment requirement

1 week ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has scrapped a requirement for members to align their lending portfolios with a target of keeping global warming to 1.5°C, instead deciding to allow a wider range of pathways to achieving net-zero in line with global climate goals. The change was one of several approved by NZBA’s more than 120 members in a vote following a year-long strategic review to inform the group’s future direction.
EC to accelerate IORP II and PEPP reviews and tackle lack of scale

1 week ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

The European Commission is to move its review of PEPP and IORP II forward in an “accelerated” fashion, Tilman Lueder, the EC’s new head of insurance and pensions said last week. The Commission also plans to tackle the lack of scale in European pension funds.
Managers launch platform to harmonise assessment of climate solutions’ impact

3 weeks ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

A group of asset managers has announced the official launch of a platform intended to help investors credibly quantify the impact of companies facilitating decarbonisation. The launch of the Avoided Emissions Platform (AEP) comes as asset owners increasingly seek to incorporate climate solution investments into their asset allocation. This week, a local government pension fund investment pool launched a £500m fund targeting such opportunities, citing “tailwinds for climate solutions”.
Local Pensions Partnership launches climate solutions fund

3 weeks ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI), the £27bn (€32bn) investment pool for three funds in the local government pension scheme (LGPS), has launched a private markets vehicle focused on investment opportunities generated by decarbonisation efforts.
Savings and Investments Union: European Semester framework to the fore

4 weeks ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

Last week, the European Commission presented its long-awaited Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy to whip the European Union into better shape by deepening the bloc’s capital markets. Key aspects of the strategy are emphases on funded pensions and joint efforts at the EU and national levels to achieve the goals identified by the Commission.
Stronger focus on transition alignment among UK pension schemes

4 weeks ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

More UK pension schemes are setting targets on transition alignment, according to analysis by consultancy XPS Group. Although the most popular focus for setting targets is on carbon emissions, half of the schemes in XPS’s sample have set targets for transition alignment, an increase from last year.
JPMAM, QBE in fresh exits from net-zero finance initiatives

1 month ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) and Australia’s QBE Insurance Group have become the latest institutional investors to exit net zero finance initiatives. JP Morgan Asset Management announced its departure from the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative on Friday, saying it was ending its membership because of the initiative suspending its operations.
European pension funds react to the anti-ESG backlash

1 month ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust |Carlo Svaluto Moreolo

IPE Membership IPE has created a suite of products and services for Europe’s institutional investment and pensions community.
IPE ESG Briefing: UK taxonomy: good idea or bad idea?

2 months ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

Should the UK government should introduce a green taxonomy? Yes, and No. That’s the feedback it will have to weigh up now after a consultation closed last week. According to the Investment Association, which represents the mainstream asset management industry, things have moved on since 2020 when the move to a taxonomy was first announced and there’s no longer a need for a UK taxonomy.
Brunel’s Ward to help steer UK Transition Finance Council

2 months ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

Faith Ward, chief responsible investment officer of the Brunel Pension Partnership, has been appointed to the strategic steering committee of the UK’s Transition Finance Council. The Transition Finance Council was established on the recommendation of a government-commissioned transition finance market review, which published its findings in October.