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  • Exxon and other laggards excluded from LGIM Future World Funds

    21 June 2019

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has excluded more climate change laggards from its Future World Funds range after they failed to respond to its engagement programme.

  • People Moves: LuxFLAG, Aviva, LGIM, Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative, NAB, Allianz SE and ING

    07 June 2019

    The Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) has appointed Sachin Vankalas as general manager.

  • LGIM expands range of ESG funds

    29 May 2019

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has added two sustainable investment funds to its £3.2 billion ($4.1bn) Multi-Index range.

  • BP climate resolution receives record investor support

    16 May 2019

    Investor support for a BP climate shareholder resolution represents a new "global best", according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

  • LGIM calls on policy makers to take action on climate change

    11 April 2019

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has called on governments to urgently bring in policies to tackle climate change, such as a carbon tax, after it conducted modelling that found there is a compelling economic case for immediate action.

  • ESG scores may never standardise, argues LGIM

    01 March 2019

    “We may never reach a point where environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores across providers are standardised or uniform”, a Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) index specialist has argued.

  • Amundi launches new responsible equity ETF for emerging markets

    05 February 2019

    Amundi has added to its range of 'socially responsible investing' (SRI) exchange traded funds (ETFs), with a new product tracking the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) SRI index.

  • People Moves: Signal Capital, LGIMA, NordIX and Smart Pension

    13 July 2018

    Sarbjit Nahal has joined private asset management firm Signal Capital as a partner and will lead its efforts to integrate themes into the investment decision process for both existing funds and future development plans.

  • LGIM launches Future World fund for DC schemes

    19 June 2018

    A multi-asset fund for defined contribution (DC) schemes that 'tilts' toward top-performing companies based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has been added to the award-winning Future World family of funds.

  • Investors round on Rio Tinto's funding of fossil fuel lobby groups

    27 April 2018

    Rio Tinto will face mounting pressure at its annual general meeting (AGM) as investors with a combined £1.8 trillion ($2.5 trillion) take aim at its policy on funding lobby groups that obstruct action to combat climate change.