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Aegon defends ESRS materiality assessments

Aegon has defended the proposed introduction of a requirement for companies to assess for themselves which sustainability-related information they must disclose under EU rules.

A stewardship code for the EU?

Regulation will boost fund naming consistency and disclosures but more work is needed to ensure EU rules impact the real economy, speakers told a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance. Michael Hurley reports

£9.2bn flagship BlackRock pension strategy adopts climate target

BlackRock has announced that its flagship £9.2 billion ($11.2 billion) default pension strategy in the UK has adopted a formal environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused investment policy, including a specific emissions target.

Dutch investors tell oil and gas companies 'prove your commitment to Paris'

Binary views on double materiality 'unhelpful', says FCA

Discussions of double materiality as binary are 'unhelpful', a senior executive at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

Aegon focuses £490m short-dated bond fund on 'climate transition'

Aegon UK to invest £3bn in BlackRock ESG fund

Doubling its workplace default fund to 60%

€1.5trn Dutch investor group sets 2024 oil firm transition expectations

A group of seven Dutch asset managers with a combined €1.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets has published three core climate transition expectations for oil and gas firms to accelerate...

Investors forecast 'huge' growth for green ABS

Asset-backed securities (ABS) with a sustainability label have strong growth prospects in the coming year, investors from Europe and the US said.

Aegon to launch Global Sustainable Sovereign Bond Fund at COP26

Aegon Asset Management and Aegon UK have partnered with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) to introduce the new Aegon Global Sustainable Sovereign Bond Fund at COP26.