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Veteran to Helm Impax’s Nordic Strategy

Chris Hall

Copenhagen-based Kristensen will account for regional variations in effort to deepen direct institutional relationships with sustainability-focused manager. The latter can explain different attitudes on key sustainable investment issues, such as allocations to armaments and energy, shaped both by past and more recent events.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Social Focus

Chris Hall

But they invested less, and less often, than in 2022. The challenging macro environment – including geopolitical conflicts and volatile markets – led to SWFs’ investments falling by 20% to US$124.7 billion compared to 2022. Sovereign wealth funds’ (SWFs) assets under management (AUM) hit an all-time high of US$11.2

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Due Diligence Needed by Europe’s New Defence Investors

Chris Hall

They have called on the finance sector to treat weapons manufacturers as ethical investments. Some of the countrys biggest pension funds including Nest and The Peoples Pension have pushed back , arguing they should be allowed the choice to exclude weapons makers from the investment portfolios. billion (US$8.4