Index provider MSCI is collaborating with analytics firm IHS Markit to broaden the reach of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating and research data.
People have become used to asset managers claiming ESG principles run through their “entire” investment process – and this year shows mounting pressure for that process to extend to securities lending.
Beneficial owners will have to ensure their securities lending programmes do not conflict with their wider ESG approach to investing, Lynn Strongin Dodds is told.
Zurich-based RobecoSAM has launched a strategy that seeks to take advantage of the “paradigm shift” toward a ‘circular economy’, wherein resources are used and recycled for as long as possible in a bid to minimise waste.
The Church of England Pension Fund has invested £600 million (€709 million) in the “first global index” that bridges passive investments with companies making headway on climate issues.
BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM) has hired Nora O’Mahony as head of product for Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea).
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