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We are very pleased to say that the Cardano Group is to acquire Sustainable Investment manager ACTIAM. The acquisition significantly enhances Cardano’s sustainability and ESG offering. Cardano will now manage over £50bn and employ over 500 people in the UK and the Netherlands across advisory, investment and DC pensions.

Lincoln Pensions, the leading specialist pensions covenant advisory firm, is rebranding and becoming Cardano Advisory. The rebrand is part of the continued evolution and growth of Lincoln Pensions upon becoming part of Cardano in 2016.

Helen Prior and Maga Kennedy, from the Cardano client team, explore how seeking professional support can help pension schemes address the pace of regulatory change in the pensions industry.

The social and economic implications of inequality are rarely discussed in the context of sustainable investment: that needs to change.

Deciding upon a hedging strategy is not a new discipline however, the issue is not just one of investment risk – there’s covenant to consider too. Here we present a detailed case study for how an underfunded scheme with a cyclically exposed sponsor might fare in a recession, looking at how the journey plan might […]

The UK department for work and pensions has turned its attention to social risks and opportunities, issuing a consultation which closed in June 2021. In responding, we called for the “TCFD for social risks”. When it comes to social issues, there is not the same political urgency as for climate change. This, however, doesn’t lessen their importance. In addition to the questions asked, we believe there are three important additions to the DWP’s consultation.

Jonathan Roe has joined Cardano as Investment Manager. He will be responsible for research and selection of equity and equity-related strategies. Jonathan joins from Stamford Associates, where he worked as a Research Analyst for seven years, focused on equity strategies. Prior to this role, he worked at Hymans Robertson. Jonathan is also a CFA Charterholder. […]

If children are given the opportunity to meet enthusiastic experts from a variety of fields, they will gain the knowledge they need to become who they want to be. Based on this philosophy, the IMC Weekendschool Foundation has offered additional and enriching education to children from neighbourhoods with a crucial need for this for over twenty years. Cardano has supported this initiative since 2005.

Our September 2020 article introduced concepts that trustees should be aware of when assessing the sustainability implications of their scheme’s investments in derivatives. To recap, these considerations for trustees fall into three broad categories: ESG risks and opportunities relating to underlying investments. Operational factors such as including sustainability as a criteria in the selection of […]

PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. Last Friday we achieved an important milestone: We submitted the PRI-report 2021 for investors. Here you can read some of the highlights of our 2020 work on sustainable investing.

At the beginning of 2021, a new phenomenon percolated its way through the consciousness of financial markets – the democratisation of the ‘short-squeeze’. The ‘short-squeeze’ itself isn’t a new thing. It’s an old term that refers to the actions of one or more market participants acting in a manner than forces shortsellers of a security […]