Oppenheimer’s Shah joins US SIF board
The trade group was established to encourage investors to embrace sustainable investment practices focussed on long-term outcomes
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Activists target BlackRock with co-ordinated campaign
The world’s largest asset manager is being urged to change its voting behaviour at investee company annual general meetings
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Former central bank CIO joins NN Investment Partners
Edith Siermann started at NN Investment Partners on Monday, having previously worked at the Dutch central bank
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SSGA to evaluate culture of investee companies
The asset manager’s focus follows a warning from Willis Towers Watson that measuring corporate culture is notoriously difficult
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Women on boards flourish in the West but Asia still lagging
Male-dominated boards still the norm in countries like Japan, Hong Kong and China
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Hong Kong investors snub ESG products
Misperceptions and a general lack of understanding of ESG products are the reasons for scant interest, according to a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association
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Alpha not the point for ESG, ABP Invest founder
Selectors should look towards China, India, and Africa when it comes to sustainable investing, Thanos Papasavvas believes
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Investment Association backs ethnicity pay reporting
The trade group for UK fund managers has responded to the UK government’s call for consultation responses
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Fitch unveils new ESG bond ratings
The ratings agency has released details on how it scores bond issuers for its new ‘ESG Relevance Scores’
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Nordea AM enhances Stars equity range
The firm’s strategy was first unveiled in 2011 and now covers the North American market
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Osmosis bolsters research team with CDP recruit
UK sustainable investment boutique Osmosis has hired a senior research analyst to work on its proprietary analytics system
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Schroders launches European sustainable fund
The fund will consider firms that are labelled ‘improving’ and those with sector-leading sustainability profiles