Systemic risks are of increasing concern for investors
Geopolitical confrontation, climate change and social polarisation are the top concerns
geopolitics
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Three water-focused funds making a big splash
Square Mile’s Louis Selby highlights strategies with water exposure that are having an impact
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ESMA’s incoming sustainability fund standards could lead to breaches on 1,600 funds
Only 56% of funds with ‘sustainable’ in their names would be able to keep the term, said Morningstar Sustainalytics
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Testing the water: Engagement is evolving
While data is still limited, fund managers are making progress
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Candriam launches sustainable EM ex-China fund
Amid greater demand for products in the sector
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‘We need to accept pragmatic solutions’: Warning emergency climate action could be ‘uniquely destabilising’
Professor Myles Allen argued that climate has become a wedge political issue but ‘climate is too important to pick fights over’
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Green Dream with Tobam: Assessing the autocracy risk factor
Tobam’s Christophe Roehri says the concept of assessing democracy and autocracy will make its way into all asset classes
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LGIM adds sovereign risk to ESG framework for EM bond fund
L&G Future World ESG Emerging Markets Government Bond Local Currency Index will consider geopolitical stability
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Directing investment to where it’s needed most
Mathieu Nègre of the UBAM Positive Impact Emerging Equity fund discusses SDG alignment in emerging markets, and why the fund has seen limited competition in its three-year lifetime
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China: Human rights no-go or renewables opportunity?
ESG commentators discuss challenges and tensions as the country reopens
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World ‘woefully unprepared’ for climate risk to major economies
Cascade of risks include food insecurity, conflict and political instability