A growing number of institutional investors are focused on “De-carbonizing” their investment portfolios – New York City Pension Funds in the Lead…
But the issues are not clear-cut, and the debate goes on among key players in the capital markets…on the investor and corporate sides.
One of the leaders of one of the nation’s most activist investors – the New York City’s public employee pension funds – announced as the year 2017 was ending consideration of a plan that would lead to “de-carbonizing” the five funds’ portfolios.
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, who works with the [five] funds’ trustees to help manage the retirement system, is proposing ways to:
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