Pensions sector edges towards a global climate role

We live in a world where investors often operate with incredibly short time horizons.The focus is on the day-to-day gyrations in values. The latest announcement from the White House, the US Federal Reserve or the European Central Bank.

Riots in Hong Kong unnerve as do the latest skirmishes in the unfolding trade war between the US and China. People hang on the latest Trump tweet. For example, the US president has been heaping pressure on the Fed and its chair, Jay Powell, to ease borrowing rates as a presidential election year approaches.