A group of 12 asset managers and owners, representing $4trn in assets under management, are among the stakeholders to have launched the Avoided Emissions Platform (AEP), an interactive tool that models the avoided emission factors for 65 climate solutions. Based on a transparent and open-access methodology for calculating avoided emissions, often referred to as ‘Scope 4’, the AEP has benefited…

AllianceBernstein (AB) will adopt the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ‘Sustainability Focus’ label on two equity funds within its OEIC range: the SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable Global Equity fund and SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable US Equity fund. The label will be introduced with immediate effect, and investors in the two funds will receive official confirmation regarding the prospectus changing in the near future….

AllianceBernstein (AB) will adopt the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ‘Sustainability Focus’ label on two equity funds within its OEIC range: the SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable Global Equity fund and SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable US Equity fund. The label will be introduced with immediate effect, and investors in the two funds will receive official confirmation regarding the prospectus changing in the near future….

Anticipation is growing that asset managers with established ESG policies will increase their exposure to the defence sector, as Allianz Global Investors became one of the first major European firms to drop such exclusions to fund the continent’s rearmament. Geopolitical events of the past few years “have prompted a broader rethink of the need to invest in the defence architecture…

Anticipation is growing that asset managers with established ESG policies will increase their exposure to the defence sector, as Allianz Global Investors became one of the first major European firms to drop such exclusions to fund the continent’s rearmament. Geopolitical events of the past few years “have prompted a broader rethink of the need to invest in the defence architecture…