Boosting the growth of sustainable investment and finance in the UK
We are the membership organisation for those in the finance industry committed to growing sustainable and responsible finance in the UK.
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About UKSIF
UKSIF exists to bring together the UK’s sustainable finance community and support our members to expand, enhance and promote this key sector.
We achieve our goals by building a strong and connected UK community, influencing government and regulators, and sharing our collective knowledge of issues and solutions.
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Systemic risks: A framework for portfolio resilience
Systemic risks: A framework for portfolio resilience
Systemic risks are un-diversifiable risks that can impact entire markets or economic systems through complex interconnections, potentially triggering chain reactions across multiple sectors and disrupting overall market growth. Such risks include climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, income inequality, artificial intelligence, geopolitics and trade wars. Systemic risks matter because: – For diversified institutional investors with…
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A stronger focus on systemic risks needed for resilient portfolio returns
A stronger focus on systemic risks needed for resilient portfolio returns
A stronger focus on systemic risks needed for resilient portfolio returns New Report identifies the importance of systemic stewardship 7 May 2025 At UKSIF’s Spring Conference in Edinburgh, UKSIF, Scottish Widows and Canbury have published a new report outlining the rationale for an enhanced focus on systemic risk in financial services with a clear…
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UKSIF response: Work and Pensions Select Committee – Pension Funds’ UK Investments and How to Boost Them
UKSIF response: Work and Pensions Select Committee – Pension Funds’ UK Investments and How to Boost Them
Our response to the Committee’s call for evidence encourages policymakers to consider the role of pensions and savings in driving green growth opportunities across the country and the UK’s clean energy transition. We fear that to date this appears to be a missing piece in the Government’s pensions review. We cover: Driving investment in the…
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UKSIF Calls for Urgent Action on Pensions Adequacy to Safeguard Pension Savers’ Futures and Create a More Sustainable Pension System
UKSIF Calls for Urgent Action on Pensions Adequacy to Safeguard Pension Savers’ Futures and Create a More Sustainable Pension System
10th April March 2025 [London, UK] – UKSIF has released its pensions review, recommending the UK government consider wide-ranging and urgent reforms to the UK’s pensions sector as part of its ongoing Pensions Investment Review. The report highlights gaps in the current policy and regulatory framework for UK pension schemes and provides recommendations to ensure…
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UKSIF report: Unlocking UK pension capital for sustainable growth- Recommendations from UKSIF’s pensions review
UKSIF report: Unlocking UK pension capital for sustainable growth- Recommendations from UKSIF’s pensions review
UKSIF has launched a new thought leadership report, ‘Unlocking UK pension capital for sustainable growth: Recommendations from UKSIF’s pensions review. In this report, we outline a series of recommendations on behalf of our UK asset owner network- and wider members- aimed at putting the UK’s pension assets to work more effectively in the wider economy…
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UKSIF response: Treasury Committee inquiry on AI in Financial Services
UKSIF response: Treasury Committee inquiry on AI in Financial Services
In our response to the Committee’s call for evidence, we outline some of the main benefits, potential risks, and use-cases of artificial intelligence (AI), from our perspective, in relation to institutional investors’ sustainable and responsible investing practices, drawing on perspectives from our investor members that are now increasingly considering AI’s role within their investment decision-making,…
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