Impact Investing for Pensions

Dutch pension giant ABP has just announced ambitious plans in the impact investing space. Mart Keuning, senior policy advisor, responsible investing, talks about the fund’s plans for the future.

Dutch pension ABP is set to invest €30bn into impact investments within the next six years, of which €11bn will be spread across climate and biodiversity solutions.

71% of investors said they plan to increase allocations to private markets, showing a growing interest in sustainable and climate-related investments and those with a local focus including social infrastructure and housing.

Achieving impact by investing in private equity funds is hard because it isn’t clear which companies money will be invested in, says PGGM’s Karin Bouwmeester.

In the second of our series of stories covering Impact Investor’s Annual Conference last week, the experts tell us what is still needed to unlock real-world impact today.

Impact investments achieve returns comparable to the wider market, making them compatible with the fiduciary duty of pension funds to their stakeholders, a Pensions for Purpose research paper concludes.

Asset owners should always ask their counterparties what the most troublesome asset is in their portfolio or on their balance sheet, according to the CEO of the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII).

With the second edition of our annual Impact Investor Conference around the corner, we take a look at some of the key highlights from the upcoming event.

In a letter to the UK government, LCP and Pensions for Purpose say pension funds need to increase sustainable investment, and that intergenerational inequality among pension contributors needs to be addressed.

How should pension funds think about making impactful allocations? What are some of the key considerations that they need to address? Impact Investor’s second annual conference will provide some unique insights.