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  • Oil firms facing increased cost of capital as ESG pressure grows, says Aegon

    26 August 2021

    Rising pressure on investors and banks to take a more stringent stance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns is leading to more limited access to, and rising cost of, debt for oil firms, according to Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM).

  • Two in five financial advisers find ESG research 'confusing', Aegon UK says

    23 June 2021

    Some 38% of financial advisers are frustrated by "confusing" ESG research, a survey by Aegon UK has found.

  • News Round Up: SFDR, Solactive, Aegon, Eurazeo, and more

    10 March 2021

  • Aegon AM transitions diversified growth fund to sustainable focus

    10 March 2021

  • News Round Up: Osmosis, Aegon, Nature Conservancy, Paris Agreement, and more

    21 January 2021

  • News Round Up: EU Commission, BlackRock, Nordea, and more

    03 December 2020

  • News round-up: Investors go to work on deforestation, DFIs go fossil fuel-free

    05 November 2020

    €1.8trn of investors urge companies to tackle deforestation

  • Aegon Asset Management: Impact investing marred by 'poor measurement standards'

    19 October 2020

    The asset management arm of Netherlands-based financial services firm Aegon has criticised the impact investing sector for 'sub-par measurement and reporting', which can lead to greenwashing and a difficulty in assessing investors' claims.

  • Most financial institutions don't push for ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy

    23 September 2020

    Many financial institutions are failing to support an ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy, according to a report on lobbying by NGO InfluenceMap, with just a handful supporting and actively engaging with the European Commission's policy.

  • People Moves, 10 July: BT Pension; Mirova; JPMorgan; RPMI Railpen; Aegon; Gresham House

    10 July 2020