climate change risk

A model aimed at reducing climate change-related financial risk exposure from corporate credit assets has been launched by Insight Investment.

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) members should be responsible for most of the cost of increased contributions if the scheme's defined benefit (DB) section remains open to accrual, Pensions Buzz respondents say.

Various risks can have significant effects on DB scheme liabilities, but what should schemes prepare for? James Phillips reports on four investors' views on the biggest looming risks.

Pension funds should incorporate climate change expertise onto trustee boards as it poses severe short-term risks to investments, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has warned.

BNP Paribas will end business with companies whose primary activities involve profiting from the extraction of oil or gas from shale or tar sands, while ramping up its investments in renewable energy.

Nigel Topping and Dr Barbara Weber have joined the £4.6bn London Pension Fund Authority's (LPFA) trustee board as it seeks to strengthen expertise in infrastructure and sustainable investment.