Hawksmoor unveils “Sustainable World” portfolio
Hawksmoor Investment Management has become the latest discretionary fund manager to launch a portfolio focussed on sustainable investments.
Asia
Latest news and expert analysis on ESG investment topics for the Asia region.
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Selector: Some ESG strategies ‘just window dressing’
An overreliance on data filtering is not enough to make sustainable investment decisions that hold up to scrutiny, says a Swedish fund selector.
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PRI seeks asset owners for committee
Principles for Responsible Investment – the UN-backed organisation championing sustainable investment approaches – is seeking asset owners to join its advisory committee.
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Aviva Investors bolsters Responsible Investment team
Aviva Investors has announced the expansion of its Global Responsible Investment team with a host of new analyst hires.
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Norges Bank excludes companies from pension fund
Norway’s central bank, Norges Bank, has excluded four companies from its Government Pension Fund on ethical recommendations by its Council of Ethics.
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Guernsey bids to be green fund hub with launch
The channel island of Guernsey has launched a new regulated fund structure for firms launching strategies with a commitment to mitigating environmental damage.
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Clarity Clinic: Russell Waite, Affinity Private Wealth
In the latest instalment of the Clarity Clinic, Russell Waite, the director of Affinity Private Wealth, describes his experience of taking a sustainable investing qualification, and describes how millennials are changing misconceptions about ESG.
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What’s driving renewable energy investment?
The global transition to renewable energy sources is now being driven by profit potential and no longer by government policy and subsidies.
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Church against “premature” fossil fuel divestment
The Church of England has committed to divesting from all fossil fuel companies by 2023 but said that calls for it to do so earlier, by 2020, would leave its “strategy and influence in tatters.”
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LGIM appoints US stewardship boss
Legal & General Investment Management America has appointed a new head of US Stewardship and Sustainable Investments.
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Green funds turn red amid trade tension
The trade conflict between the US and China has negatively affected investor sentiment, but Luciano Diana, Geneva-based head of environmental strategies, believes it is only noise, despite the negative effects on his fund’s portfolio.
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Polluted, unequal and corrupt?
On the surface, Asia lags miles behind the west on key ESG issues – but the region is changing.