Has ESG morphed into a glorified box-ticking exercise?
Impact investing is being touted as an alternative to environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies which are failing to live up to their ethical hype.
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Clarity Clinic: Simeon Willis, XPS Pensions Group
XPS Pensions Group’s chief investment officer, Simeon Willis, considers the shift in asset owners’ views and what industry kitemarks really tell you about asset managers.
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UK pensions consulted on new ESG rules
The UK government has proposed legislation that will permit occupational pension schemes to divest from companies if they believe their environmental policies could harm investment returns in the longer term. On Monday, the Department of Work & Pensions, invited responses to a consultation entitled “clarifying and strengthening trustees’ investment duties,” with a view to empowering…
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Public engagement key to returns, finds study
Investors should make their engagement more public to achieve better returns, a report has suggested.
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Fund firms offered stewardship update
Asset managers offered new guidance on corporate stewardship.
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Asset managers warned of ESG cost hike
New regulatory requirements being brought in across the UK and Europe may hike costs for asset managers, but will investors be prepared to pay? Joe McGrath investigates…
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Clarity Clinic: Tim Manuel, Aon
In the first in a weekly series of consultant interviews, ESG Clarity asked Aon’s head of Responsible Investing, Tim Manuel, about the sustainable concerns on his clients’ minds.
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LGIM’s five laggards on climate change
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named several companies it will vote against and divest across its entire range of equity funds for failing to address climate change. Click through the slides to find out who has been targeted.
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New rules set to drive climate adoption
A series of proposed legislative changes look set to transform how European investors assess the climate risks in their portfolios.
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China A-shares inclusion set to light ESG fuse
The opening of the China A-shares market to foreign investors provides a window for China-focused funds to push ESG criteria into greater prominence in the world’s second largest economy.
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Nordic selectors ‘nerds on ESG’
Socially-responsible investing trend could have a significant long-term impact on the corporate sector, says Folksam head of fund selection Susanne Bolin-Gärtner.
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Helena Morrissey jumps on gender equality fund trend
Legal & General Investment Management has become the latest fund manager to launch a passive fund tracking companies with diverse boards.