Joe Marsh
Hans-Martin Aerts has moved on after 25 years with the €639bn Dutch pension asset manager, a month after its global infrastructure head left.
The manager of Novo Nordisk Foundation’s $36bn of investments is expanding its planetary health portfolio and mulling carving out an allocation for private equity GPs to run. More offices in Asia may also be on the cards.
The €615bn Dutch pensions giant has broadened its impact focus, said senior responsible investment specialist Matteo Millone at the Impact Investor Global Summit last week.
He will depart on July 1 for a career break after nearly 20 years at the €590bn Dutch pension fund giant.
As Railpen and Brunel also upgrade their net-zero strategies, the £11bn UK endowment is raising the bar for fund managers on climate risk integration.
The €355bn asset management arm of German insurer Munich Re has promoted internally to fill the role, with incumbent Katja Lammert leaving the firm.
The £36bn British local authority pension fund is moving to expand its investments in natural capital beyond real assets, says its head of private equity and sustainable infrastructure.
Former global client chief Mike Perry and alternatives products head Keith Jones have left the $1.3trn firm, which is targeting $2trn in assets by 2030.
A step taken by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was described by one veteran impact investor as 'moving mountains'.
Colin Fitzgerald is leaving the Canadian fund manager, which has $11 billion in timberland and agricultural assets, amid other senior executive changes.