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IFRIC rejects call to review climate-related intangible assets
Dec 17, 2024 · The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) has declined to add a new standard-setting project on accounting for intangible assets arising from …
Two-thirds of asset owners expect to offset portfolios’ carbon ...
Dec 6, 2024 · Nearly 40% of asset owners currently purchase carbon offsets to mitigate their portfolio emissions, and a further 25% say they plan to start doing so within two years.
Dutch doctors fund’s concentrated portfolio a ‘risky strategy’
Dec 16, 2024 · The decision for the Dutch pension fund for doctors (Pensioenfonds Huisartsen) to invest in only 70 companies in its equity portfolio is being praised as brave, but is also …
IPE Conference: Private debt said to make overall economy more ...
Dec 4, 2024 · Despite regulatory concerns about the growth of the private debt market, investment specialists told the IPE Conference & Awards 2024 event this week that such …
UK receives official advice on national sustainability reporting ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Sophie Robinson-Tillett Sophie is IPE's ESG contributing editor. She is the founder of Real Economy Progress and a senior associate at the University of Oxford. …
BlackRock distances itself from real-economy decarbonisation …
Jan 9, 2025 · The world’s largest asset manager has said it will not use its stewardship and voting power to achieve specific real-economy decarbonisation goals. In its latest investment …
Intesa Sanpaolo, Cariplo pension funds merge to create €12bn …
Oct 4, 2024 · Italy’s largest bank Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo is merging its defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) schemes with Fondo Pensioni Cariplo, the pension fund for the …
MSCI axes the terms ‘ESG’ and ‘Impact’ from index names
Oct 9, 2024 · MSCI will remove the terms ‘ESG’ and ‘Impact’ from five of its indices in response to tightening greenwashing regulation. The index giant confirmed to IPE that it will cut the …
Smart Pension anticipates reaching £10bn in assets within three …
Mar 4, 2024 · Pamela is IPE's UK correspondent. Before joining IPE in May 2023, she spent five years writing about the insurance industry. During her career so far she won awards for Most …