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UKSIF report: 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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Unlocking UK pension capital for sustainable growth- Recommendations from UKSIF’s pensions review
UKSIF’s thought leadership report, Unlocking UK pension capital for sustainable growth: Recommendations from UKSIF’s pensions review, outlines 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 to drive positive outcomes for pension savers, while…
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Stranding: Modelling the UK’s exposure to at-risk fossil fuel assets
The UK economy is disproportionately exposed to stranded fossil fuel assets, with potential losses for UK pension savers reaching tens of billions of pounds by 2040, according to a new report from the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) in collaboration with Transition Risk Exeter (Trex). This analysis traces the complex web of financial…
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ESG Not To Blame For Underinvestment in Defence Industry
UKSIF has welcomed the high-level findings of a new RUSI report that shows ESG investment approaches and rules are not hindering investment in the UK’s defence industry. This paper, written by RUSI research analyst Dr Linus Terhorst, explores the financing challenges that defence companies are facing, as European nations re-arm due to tensions with Russia.…
UKSIF response: DBT consultation on Exposure drafts, UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (SRS)
We welcome the opportunity to respond on behalf of our members to the government’s important consultation on the draft UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (SRS), based on the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) disclosure standards. As an internationally-leading financial centre and as a country that has played a vital role in recent years in shaping the…
UKSIF response: DESNZ transition plan requirements consultation
UKSIF is pleased to respond to this important consultation on the introduction of climate transition plan requirements for certain companies in the UK. Should we see delivery of these requirements across the wider economy in the UK, implemented through an efficient and proportionate policy approach, we expect a number of tangible economic benefits over time…