Five reasons to consider Nordea Asset Management’s STARS funds for your ESG portfolio. By ESG specialist Tobie Brealey.
Five reasons to consider Nordea Asset Management’s STARS funds for your ESG portfolio. By ESG specialist Tobie Brealey.
Gaps in social infrastructure are leaving children without access to good-quality education – so, how are investors changing this? Romil Patel reports from Cape Town and London.
Hopes are high that a landmark EU agreement on how to classify green finance will reduce greenwashing and boost sustainable investing. But, asks Mark Latham, how much difference will the new taxonomy make?
Social bonds – instruments comparable to green bonds – saw a €20 billion injection in just a few weeks, which experts say was linked to greater social awareness among investors during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Assets under management (AUM) should manage to grow by about 2.5% over the next year led mainly by real assets and infrastructure, a global survey of financial professionals suggests.
Candriam has launched a global equity strategy targeting the ‘circular economy’ theme, which hinges on waste reduction and leverages trends such as the backlash of single-use plastic.
German institutional investors are buying into more sustainable funds, with 80% now implementing sustainability strategies, according to a survey by fund manager Union Investment.
Natixis Investment Managers has launched its first range of multi-asset ESG fund of funds.
The coronavirus crisis and subsequent lockdown have finally given real clarity on how to evaluate companies’ ability to tackle social issues, “crystallising” what the S in ESG [environmental, social and governance] really means, argues Bas NieuweWeme, chief executive of Aegon Asset Management.
Index provider MSCI has launched a product it claims enables real estate investors to assess climate risks.
