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Nissay unveils GPIF-commissioned guide to impact investments

Nissay Asset Management has published research on impact investing, which includes a summary of strategies and a discussion on how the practice links with investors' fiduciary duty.

Boards' 'hesitance' to engage with Japanese investors persists, GPIF says

Board members and CEOs at some Japanese companies remain "hesitant" to engage with institutional investors on topics including those relating to sustainability, according to a director at the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

GPIF selects Nissay for impact investment research mandate

GPIF research sparks hope it will catalyse Japanese impact investment market

Proponents of impact investment in Japan are excited at the potential catalytic effect of the entry of the world's largest pension fund into the market - but it could be hard to find big enough investments for the $1.7 trillion fund, according to commentators.

Collaborative engagement still a priority for managers despite CA100 exits, GPIF says

By Michael Hurley in Tokyo

GPIF to study 'relationship between impact investing and investment returns'

Japan's $1.7 trillion pension fund has launched a study of impact investment practices, according to its latest annual sustainable investment report.

Make international transition finance work more coherent, Japanese bank urges

A plethora of guidance and frameworks on transition finance complicates efforts to focus private capital to where it is most needed, according to a senior banker at Sumitomo Mitsui.

GPIF 'monitoring' stewardship of managers who exited CA100+

The world's largest pension fund said it is "concerned about" widespread departures of asset managers from collaborative engagement initiatives including Climate Action 100+ as it looks to step up its monitoring of stewardship activities of its other managers.

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GPIF vows to improve tracking of asset managers' stewardship activities

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has signalled it will step up supervision of its asset managers including by establishing a database to track their stewardship activities and outcomes.