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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

One year on: the spring 2023 banking turmoil

Banks need to focus on delivering pre-agreed supervisory actions and the remediations of identified issues, in line with regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations.

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How Magnificent are these 7?

Sonja Laud’s responsible approach: Taking a thematic approach to AI investments allows investors to capture the long-term opportunities and disruptions while avoiding the risks associated with individual stock picks.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Europe’s population Declining, ageing and diversifying

The United Nations population projection (medium variant) expects Europe’s current estimated population of 742 million to continue declining. By 2050 Europe’s population is projected to fall to 703 million and by the close of the 21st century to be 587 million, or approximately 7 and 6 percent of the world’s population, respectively.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Safe landing and hope for the future?

In Homer’s Odyssey, written around 2,700 to 2,800 years ago, Argus’s owner, Odysseus, returns home after two decades of travel and is immediately recognized by a faithful Argus. Only 51 years for a return to the moon by NASA

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Biodiversity, Body Shop, Space, Data & Fat Llama

‘While it’s not perfect, we do think Biodiversity Net Gain is a crucial step towards balancing economic progress with ecological integrity, and reminds us that ambitious solutions are in reach’ says Giles Gibbons

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Adam Matthews on ‘Deep Regrets’

A recent report published by Calastone reflected a shift away from ESG investing. Adam Matthews is deeply regrets any deviation from singularity of purpose

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Revolutionaries unite!

“We need to invest trillions, not billions,” CEO Scott Jacobs said in a release. “Ten billion dollars is just a start.” And with support from fund giants like CalSTRS & HESTA who have also taken part in multiple RAO events, who’d bet against them achieving their goal in record time?

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Corporate Governance Statement from ICGN

Our concerns are shared by the co-signatories to this letter - investors, and associations who represent institutional investors in their respective jurisdictions around the world.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

What a survey of LGPS’s tells AM’s

An important sense check judging by these honest firect survey responses testing views on the relationship between LGPS funds and the LGPS pools.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

CalPERS, CalSTRS just two major names opposing U.K. Regulatory proposal limiting investor approval on financial moves

The FCA suggests that firms could recover costs for providing targeted support to customers by: cross-subsidising targeted support service from other services provided by the firm as part of their broader proposition (e.g. product charges, platform charges); and charging a fee, as a standalone service or embedded into existing propositions. Remuneration via commission payments would still be prohibited under the targeted support regime.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Health, Cities, Beef, Renters & Baboodle

How to save money: Each £1 invested in public health interventions could offer an average return on investment to the wider health and social care economy of £14.

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