M&G has added to its line-up of ESG-focused investment products with the launch of a sustainable, global corporate bond fund.
M&G has added to its line-up of ESG-focused investment products with the launch of a sustainable, global corporate bond fund.
Nuveen Real Estate has completed the first close of its first pan-European debt strategy having secured €150 million in initial commitments.
The market volatility and macroeconomic disruptions of 2022 have raised a challenge to the thematic investing boom, but also offer a chance to reappraise the benefits of the investment approach.
The European fund industry is becoming “overly reliant” on ESG scores according to a study by Ninety One, which has found 88% of fund management professionals use these in their investment processes.
UK investors withdrew £2.5 billion from equity funds in April, following redemptions of £5 billion in the first quarter.
Designed as a payment tool, cryptocurrencies have attracted the interest of asset managers as the promise of returns is so high.
The industry accepts the need for more rigour in ESG fund reporting, but the work will be pointless if investors don’t understand the end result. Nicholas Pratt reports.
ESG events that have captured attention in the past year, and the evolution of attitudes to ESG-based returns, are two topics our expert panellists discuss.
A new initiative from Denmark could pave the way for European pension funds to become more involved in forest management – But, as indigenous people understand better than anyone, this carries a duty of custodianship. David Whitehouse reports.
Green finance rules are driving huge changes in ETF indexing but have not disrupted index providers - firms that the FCA is now monitoring, writes Peter Taberner.
