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Dutch pension giant APG Asset Management and Australia's Aware Super’s latest deal underscores the growing importance of digitalisation in institutional portfolios. The deal also marks the Australian fund's first infra deal from its London base.

The wealth-segment focused insurer is integrating ESG factors into its investment decisions and has also started incorporating carbon metrics to help its parent company achieve net-zero goals.

Despite growing market interest, asset owners have minimal exposure to businesses and projects driving positive marine conservation impacts due to a lack of scalable opportunities.

But venture capital firms face the challenge of balancing their portfolio companies' needs against rising institutional investor expectations around sustainability.

Hong Kong’s largest government fund details its approaches to evaluating ESG practices of external asset managers as the city drives green and sustainable finance efforts.

Life insurer Prudential sees private debt managers doing more ESG-related engagement with companies, as firms like Ares and Tikehau Capital discuss their approach.

Faced with a legal obligation to disclose portfolio carbon emissions, Australasian state funds and Asian institutions voice doubts over data accuracy yet underscore the importance of Scope 3 reporting.

The Singapore state fund released its first sustainability report outlining top priorities when announcing its annual results.

The chief sustainability officer of Canada’s biggest pension fund manager outlines how Asian companies can leverage ESG reporting as their strategic advantage.

The Chinese sovereign wealth fund is among the top improvers in an annual scoreboard that rates global state funds’ practices in governance, sustainability, and resilience (GSR) over the past year.

The $183 billion British Columbia Investment Management Corporation has started developing an internal ESG data platform while ensuring ESG principles are integrated into every stage of the investment process.

A senior executive at Norfund says investors with net-zero ambitions face the tricky challenge of balancing green investments with those that promote economic growth -- and carbon emissions.