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Aegon AM transitions diversified growth fund to sustainable focus

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

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

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

€1.8trn of investors urge companies to tackle deforestation

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

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

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

Aegon, ABN AMRO team up to launch impact fund

Aegon Asset Management and ABN AMRO plan to launch a listed equity impact fund this year, in a tie-up that will look to tap growing demand for impact investments in their respective network of clients.

Major investors call on EU leaders to urgently pass net-zero GHG target

A group of 44 major global investors managing €6 trillion ($6.6 billion) in assets called on European leaders to urgently pass a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target.

Integrate climate risk now, insurers told

Insurers should start integrating climate risk into their management and business operations now, and not wait for the perfect tools, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and UK charity ShareAction.