ESG

ESG news, features and analysis for investors, fund managers and all professionals associated with institutional fund management.

Five reasons to invest in green bonds

Catherine Lafferty -

Green bonds are emerging rapidly as a new category within fixed income. The market has grown over the past few years and keeps on broadening in...

ESG: Investors warned on investment risk from Asia’s farms

Nick Fitzpatrick -

An investor group including Dutch pension fund APG has warned that Asian factory farms risk contaminating the global food supply chain due to increasing...

Aquila appoints head of consultant relations

kevin -

Hamburg-based asset management firm Aquila Capital has appointed Ian Williams to the post of head of consultant relations. In the newly-created role, Williams will be...

Candriam ETFs to combine ESG and smart beta

Catherine Lafferty -

Brussels-based asset manager Candriam is to launch a range of ETF strategies that combine smart beta with responsible investing. Candriam, which manages about €107.2 billion,...

East Capital fund puts China’s ‘war on pollution’ in its sites

Catherine Lafferty -

East Capital, an emerging and frontier markets asset manager founded in Sweden, says it has raised capital from Nordic investors to support the launch...

ESG investing could encourage more saving

kevin -

Investors increasingly want investments made on their behalf to reflect their own personal values, according to a report on trends in environmental, social and...

RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: Environmental factors

Lynn Strongin Dodds -

The rise of smart beta investing coincides with the rise in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, yet there are only a few products...

Investment in ESG expected to double over next two years

kevin -

Institutional investors plan to double investment in environmental, social and governance (ESG) driven strategies over the next two years, according to research by BNP...

Women in ESG

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Women may be under represented in fund management roles, but there is one area where this appears less true: ESG. There has been a flurry...

Kempen hires to increase ESG business

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Kempen Capital Management has appointed Narina Mnatsakanian as director of impact and responsible investment. The role is new as Kempen, a Dutch asset manager, says...

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