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Premier recruits responsible investment boss from HSBC
The firm’s new recruit will have responsibility for developing and integrating the company’s sustainable investment policy
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SSGA takes aim at ESG data issues
The firm’s new tool aims to refine the plethora of often conflicting ESG data to provide more accurate assessments and improve company engagement
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Investors vote against Metro Bank directors
Metro Bank has been the subject of investor criticism since admitting a major accounting error in January
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Kempen strengthens responsible investment team
The company’s new recruit joins from the Global Reporting Initiative
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Franklin Templeton offers green ‘buy and hold’ fund
ESG-focused fund will invest in euro-denominated corporate debt with a pre-determined five-year yield
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Fund firms mull implications of climate change
The TCFD Forum at London’s Guildhall saw fund firms, policymakers and sustainability analysts come together
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Blackstone launches impact platform
The company manages more than $512bn in alternative assets in real estate, private equity and infrastructure
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CQS becomes latest to land Luxflag recognition
The CQS New City Global Equity Fund uses ESG analysis to measure performance and to inform single stock analysis.
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Can food waste reduction improve investor returns?
As the European Commission issues a delegated act, fund managers are looking to benefit
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Majedie snaps up Aberdeen Standard’s ESG boss
The company’s move for Cindy Rose is part of a wider commitment to responsible capitalism, according to its CEO
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‘Embarrassing’ tenants create ESG conundrum for property funds
Investors mixed on whether occupiers such as betting shops are a problem
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Shareholders ignore governance guidance and appoint Schroder heir
Leonie Schroder had been criticised for her lack of City experience