Absence of loss-mitigation capital slows blended finance progress
UAE should establish funding initiatives where countries partner with private institutional savers
Analysis (EU)
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Green Dream with Square Mile’s Moeller: Is it important for asset managers to attend COP28?
Senior investment consultant says at this year’s COP the market should try not to be distracted by the politics
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Confidence in people: How Mapfre invests in disability-committed companies
Chief economist Alberto Matellán explains the Inclusion Responsable Fund’s methodology
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Face-to-face meetings key to successful shareholder engagement
‘Writing an investor letter and hoping for the best does not lead to change’
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Gender lens investing standards set
Criterion Institute lays out analysis of power dynamics in investments to enable investors to question fund managers
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Carbon tunnel vision: The epidemic among ESG investors
A wilful blindness to look beyond emissions statistics is compromising supposedly sustainable portfolios
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Green Dream with Redington’s Lee: Clients are challenging managers to do better
Head of stewardship discusses how some groups have become less strident in their engagement
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Client sustainability preferences must focus on intentionality
Questionnaires are plentiful but they focus on outcomes that can’t be matched with sustainability products
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Wealth managers spend little time on client ESG preferences
Oxford Risk finds assessments also not providing detailed enough information to act on
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ESG changed my mind on…the buy-in around climate change
abrdn’s David Smith discusses inefficiencies in ESG, house renovations and the battle for 1.5C.
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UK green policy delays ‘undermine investor confidence’ in reaching net zero
‘Investors need consistent policy signalling to catalyse the net-zero transition’
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Investment Association calls for sustainable investment ‘clarity and certainty’ for EU clients
Trade body says SFDR review should be prioritised