Aegon partners with HSBC to embed ESG criteria into default funds Aegon is the first investor in HSBC's new Developed World Sustainable Equity Index Fund Aegon has embedded ESG criteria across its in-house workplace default funds through a partnership with HSBC Global Asset Management. The launch of the ESG component across Aegon Retirement Choices' (ARC) workplace default range comes after the firm committed to a target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. From this month, key ARC... To continue reading... Upgrade Professional Pensions is the UK's leading publication for the occupational pensions industry offering unrivalled coverage of the key issues facing schemes and their sponsors.