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Are investors mis-valuing corporate sustainability?

2 days ago | ipe.com | Sophie Robinson-Tillett

Investors are valuing ESG and corporate sustainability wrong. That’s according to the academics behind two separate papers published in journals last month. The first explores how ESG factors influence company valuations. Researchers at French business schools ESSCA and ESCP, and New York’s Cornell University, asked more than 300 financial professionals for their perspectives on the issue, including how they integrated ESG into their Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) calculations.
David Atkin resigns as CEO of Principles for Responsible Investment

3 days ago | ipe.com | Sophie Robinson-Tillett

David Atkin has announced his resignation as the chief executive officer of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). In a statement published by the UN-backed body today (Monday), the PRI said it had kicked off the search for a new leader, with Atkin expected to step down next year. He has held the position since the end of 2021, when he replaced outgoing CEO Fiona Reynolds, who moved back to Australia from London.
Green central bankers group publishes first short-term climate scenarios

6 days ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has this week published its first set of scenarios of the potential near-term impacts of climate policies and climate change on financial stability and economies. Sabine Mauderer, chair of the NGFS and first deputy governor of the Deutsche Bundesbank, described the new scenarios as “a milestone in enhancing our understanding of climate-related risks”.
Akademiker rejects FSA criticism for failing to ensure product suitability

6 days ago | ipe.com | Rachel Fixsen

Denmark’s Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet, FSA) has taken AkademikerPension to task for failing to make sure its pension products meet customer needs, ordering it to correct procedures, but the pension fund has mostly rejected the watchdog’s points.
Will overhauling the EU taxonomy impact the future of the SFDR?

1 week ago | ipe.com | Sophie Robinson-Tillett

One of Europe’s most influential lobby groups called for further reductions to the EU’s taxonomy last week. In a statement about the ‘Omnibus’ package currently being negotiated by Europe’s lawmakers, BusinessEurope argued that investors don’t need as much data as the Taxonomy Regulation mandates its members to provide. The body recommended a number of further cuts to the requirements, which are already set for a huge scale-back under the proposals.
Cancer Research UK pension fund in £280m buy-in with Standard Life

1 week ago | ipe.com | Pamela Kokoszka

The Cancer Research UK Pension Scheme has concluded a £280m (€330m) buy-in with Standard Life, covering 2,800 members. The deal, which concluded in March 2025, saw the trustee and Cancer Research UK collaborate closely with Standard Life to meet the fund’s de-risking objectives and secure this buy-in through a “bespoke” offering. Mercer acted as the lead transaction adviser to the trustee, with investment advice from LCP and legal advice from Sackers.
P+ joins AP Pension, Akademiker in joint bid for Danish defence project

1 week ago | ipe.com | Rachel Fixsen

Danish pension fund P+ today became the third of its peers to join a joint pension fund PPP (public-private partnership) bid for a contract to build new Danish army barracks. The bid project was initiated last month by AP Pension, which was joined at the end of April by AkademikerPension, and P+ now says it will match the three-digit million investment sum in Danish kroner being offered by each of the other two funds.
Oslo professor to lead new GPFG panel with active management review role

1 week ago | ipe.com | Rachel Fixsen

The Norwegian government has announced the line up for the new expert council to advise it on managing the country’s NOK18.7trn (€1.6trn) sovereign wealth fund (SWF), saying the panel will tackle the question of active management by the index-near fund. Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, professor of economics at the University of Oslo, has been appointed as chair of the new three-member council, which the government said a year ago it would establish.
LD Pensions rapped by FSA for investment risk guidelines failings

1 week ago | ipe.com | Rachel Fixsen

LD Pensions in Denmark has been censured by the country’s financial watchdog for failing to have adequate investment management guidelines regarding certain types of risk, and its board has been ordered to correct aspects of important documentation. The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet, FSA), said it had carried out an inspection of the DKK46bn (€6.2bn) independent pensions management institution last October, and published a report containing a number of official orders.
Mercer to set up new expert group after SECOR takeover

1 week ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

Mercer has completed the acquisition of fiduciary and outsourced CIO specialist SECOR Asset Management and now plans to set up a specialist Global Investment Partnerships group. “Comprised of a network of experts from across the organisation, the group will focus on seamlessly serving in-house investment teams and large asset owners and addressing their unique and complex needs with customised solutions and strategic portfolio structuring and execution,” it said.