environmental

Mount Street create climate-risk analytics tool for investors

Nov 24, 2022

sustainable, climate-risk Mount Street has a new climate-risk assessment tool to predict and mitigate against the upsurge in freak weather events - while helping cut risk for investors.

Investments in greener construction soared over the last five years

Nov 22, 2022

Greener, construction, investments Green construction tech investments registered a record $2.2 billion in 2022 as demand for low-carbon buildings surged.

Germany’s sustainable fund market grows in Q3 despite market slump

Nov 21, 2022

German assets managed by retail funds and sustainable spezialfonds — funds limited to institutional investors — amounted to € 717 billion in the third quarter of 2022, reported the German Investment Funds Association (BVI).

ESG reporting is 'biggest challenge' for investment managers

Nov 17, 2022

Challenges, ESG, reporting Russell Investments' latest ESG survey indicated that data limitations and non-standardised reporting frameworks constitute the biggest challenges for investment managers.

European regulation chiefs lead probe into greenwashing

Nov 17, 2022

ESA, Regulation, Greenwashing Europe’s three financial regulatory powerhouses have started a probe into the impact of greenwashing in the sustainability-products market.

Significant shift away from greenwashing funds, report suggests

Nov 17, 2022

ESG, SFDR European-based investors have shifted their focus from general ESG towards more specific sustainable funds, according to new research.

ESG White Paper

Sustainable Investing: Perspectives from ESG Leaders

American Century Investments teamed up with Copenhagen-based consulting firm Kirstein A/S to survey large asset owners for their views on implementing and overseeing ESG mandates.

Explore views from world’s leaders in sustainable investing on various ESG-related strategies and practices.

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Perspectives from ESG Leaders White Paper

Opinion

Bonds – if not now, then when?

bond Much of the bond market is more attractively priced now than it has been for much of the past decade. Investors thinking about making an allocation should be asking themselves: if...

Tax doesn’t need to be taxing

Liz Pfeuti, tax Every year, I file my tax return a little later than the one before. This year, my accountant has given up sending chaser emails – it’s a...

Are family-owned companies worth it?

Obe Ejikeme, co-fund manager, Carmignac Portfolio Family Governed, explains the advantages of investors choosing family-controlled companies.

Talent, technology and process: foundations for fund managers looking to scale

While outsourcing might not have been as popular historically in the private equity and venture capital space, the wind nevertheless blows decisively in that direction, argues Alex Di...

Most read features

Thematic ETFs: Very specific investment themes

Thematic ETFs in Europe have become ever-more niche, with Catholic principles and pet care among recent launches. Angela Madden reports.

Providers face tough questions on ESG and energy

Gas and nuclear’s inclusion in the EU’s green taxonomy offers opportunities to energy companies and to the ETFs funding them – but difficult decisions may lie ahead for ETF promoters. Benjamin David reports.

MiCA: What Europe’s cryptoassets regulation means for the continent

MiCA aims to set standards for the EU’s crypto market. Benjamin David outlines the proposals.

From regulatory trends to biodiversity, Guillaume Abel, deputy CEO, Mirova, discusses all things sustainable finance.

Interview: Embedded finance - the future forward

What drives non-financial enterprises to offer financial products and services to their end-users and communities? Josh Cogan, lead client partner, banking-as-a-service, Finastra, explains.

Roundtables & Panels

Luxembourg Roundtable: In person in Luxembourg

Experts weigh in on key investment issues in Luxembourg, touching on private assets, ESG and regulation.

Roundtable: Private equity in a new decade

With interest rates rising, entry price and valuations in private assets are going to be the most essential factors for returns. This is something not many people in the industry have experienced, our private equity panel is told.

Alternatives

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Upcoming webinar

Join this webinar on December 1^st when Justin Chapman & Natalie Berkecz of Northern Trust and Angus Fletcher, CEO of Fnality, will examine key digital asset regulatory themes.

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Global Automation

While automation has been a focus for operations teams for decades, our latest report, supported by Calastone shows there is much still to be done. Read the full report, with views from close to 600 funds professionals across 12 countries and four regions.

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Andy Lemon of Northern Trust Capital Markets discusses why multiple global macro events and inflationary pressures are presenting challenges for asset managers and asset owners to address FX currency risk in their international portfolios.