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ESG assets projected to swell to as much as $30tn by 2030
Fund managers may see their ESG assets expand to $30tn over the next eight years. A report by Broadridge, a…
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The City’s ESG infatuation in five charts
The pandemic supercharged the growing interest in environmental, social and governance issues in the City. COP26 — the 2021 United…
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Sharing the benefits of the ‘S’ in ESG
Some of the benefits of a Stake in success, as the report is called, are familiar, notably the potential financial…
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FCA pleads with City to promote ‘genuine’ ESG talent as hiring booms
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority warned finance firms to avoid what it terms “competence-washing” within the City’s rapidly growing environmental,…
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Greenwashing probes prompt panic among ESG funds: ‘There’s a big reputational risk’
Asset managers have for years been touting their sustainable-investment expertise. But with surging investor interest in environmental, social and governance…
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ESG is more powerful than former BlackRock exec Tariq Fancy thinks
In his Secret Diary of a ‘Sustainable Investor’, BlackRock’s former sustainable investing CIO Tariq Fancy makes several assertions that have at worst undermined…
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FCA board tells City regulator to ‘clearly articulate’ its ESG ‘limitations’
There are “limitations” on what the UK regulator can achieve in its efforts to police environmental, social, and governance matters, the Financial Conduct…
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COP26 and the future of M&A
As expected, COP26 was big on policy pledges to address climate change and promote sustainability. While there were positive steps…
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Fund managers call lawyers over ESG jitters as greenwashing fears mount
Asset managers are getting anxious about increased attention regulators are paying to their sustainable investment claims, sparking an uptick in queries…
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Cleaning up: Transforming finance for a net zero world
If we continue with business as usual, the likely erosion of value could be in the tens of trillions of…
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Apollo looks to former Amazon executive to burnish ESG credentials
Apollo Global Management has hired former Amazon executive Carletta Ooton to bolster the firm’s environmental, social and governance expertise, the…
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Green investment trust wins multi-million pound backing from UK government
The UK government has pledged up to £25m for a newly-listed investment trust as part of a drive to plough more money…
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ESG boom generates 300% jump in revenues for asset managers
As assets overseen by Europe’s sustainable investment funds are swelling to record levels as the ESG boom makes millions of dollars in…
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View: The energy crisis is a jarring reminder of what is at stake at COP26
Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing at Fidelity International. While world leaders gather to step up the…
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Bond investors are snapping up fossil fuels despite sustainability talk
Wall Street’s embrace of sustainable investing isn’t slowing bond sales in the energy sector. Surging oil and natural-gas prices have…
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AXA IM rebrands ESG funds to simplify sustainable range
The fund range – said to be the asset manager’s most ESG-focused funds – will now include the word “ACT”…
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Investor giants opt for ESG over financial metrics when backing companies
Heavyweight investors are placing greater emphasis on environmental, social and governance factors than they were 12 months ago — a…
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Anomalies remain that challenge net-zero path
There are early signs that emissions from energy may be peaking. Renewable power, such as wind and solar, has become…
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Funds in hurricane-prone locations ‘more likely’ to vote for environmental proposals
Funds in areas hit by a hurricane, or in hurricane-prone locations, were as much as 38% more likely to vote…
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Deutsche Bank needs more ESG expertise, CEO Sewing says
Deutsche Bank chief executive Christian Sewing said that all 22,000 client-facing staff at the German lender need to be versed…
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City still divided over the benefits of the green investment boom
For some time, senior City folk have been saying that the hoped-for surge in green investment will not only be…
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Aviva, Mercer hired to resolve compliance failure in German fund Aquila Capital
A German fund group audited by KPMG has turned to fund giants Aviva and Mercer to enable it to resolve…
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SEC bids to force asset managers to come clean on voting records
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule that would require money managers to disclose more information on how…
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The road to COP26: Five climate change solutions
Sustainable construction Construction, both residential and commercial, is a major source of GHG emissions. Governments across the world are embracing…
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UK lawmakers probe Facebook over Instagram’s stock picking ‘finfluencers’
Facebook will step in to stop investment scams, but users can freely share advice, tips and knowledge on trading and…
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It is time to move on from the ‘will ESG outperform or underperform’ debate
However, in our view, this debate is far too one dimensional from an investment perspective, and more importantly, it completely…
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Ex-BlackRock sustainable CIO on how ESG risks turning into a mis-selling scandal
Tariq Fancy was BlackRock’s sustainable investing CIO between 2018 and 2019, and had a unique vantage point into the world’s…
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JPES Partners’ Donohoe: Investment industry faces a perfect green storm
The investment industry is facing far greater scrutiny than ever before with regards to ESG. All of which has set…
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BlackRock’s Fink ‘ducking the fight’ over ESG, claims former exec
A former BlackRock executive has accused chief executive Larry Fink of “ducking the fight” over ESG, following claims that the…
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Stock pickers ride vaccine optimism to trounce passives with £1.3bn haul
Active equity funds continued their winning streak in August, gathering around 300 times more in new investor money compared to…
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DWS greenwashing probes shift fund industry into high alert
Asset managers are on high alert following probes by US and German financial regulators into the sustainable investment claims from…
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Esma issues warning on crypto’s ‘soaring’ environmental cost
The European Union’s top markets regulator has issued a warning on rising environmental damage from investing in digital currencies. In its latest…
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DWS defends its approach to ESG amid greenwashing probe
DWS, the listed German asset manager majority-owned by Deutsche Bank, has defended itself against allegations made by a former employee…
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Deutsche Bank’s DWS Group sees shares slump amid SEC probe on ESG claims
The share price of Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm, DWS Group, sank by more than 10% when markets opened following…
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Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm under US investigation over ESG issues
US authorities are investigating Deutsche Bank’s asset-management arm, DWS Group, after the firm’s former head of sustainability said it overstated…
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Jupiter expands in the US with key hires from Janus Henderson, Allianz
UK-based asset manager Jupiter said it is increasing its business in the US to meet rising institutional interest in its strategies.…
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EU rules seeking to prevent greenwashing require fund managers to rank ESG
The European Union’s new regulation aimed at preventing “greenwashing” requires fund managers to categorise funds based on their environmental, social…
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Delivering transformational change: It pays to put your money into stocks that have a positive impact
One of the several aspects of responsible investing is impact. As an investment approach, impact investing (a term first coined…
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Meet the ESG Investment Influencers: The inside story with Matt Toms of Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management
They discuss how life and markets are very closely interlinked. Toms joined Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management in 2014. He…
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