Continued cost cutting and booming grid investment: Renewable trends to watch
Morningstar’s Utilities Landscape report predicts growth in renewable energy to continue as costs and interest rates fall
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Transition will not stop despite being de-prioritised
Hortense Bioy says there are still reasons to be optimistic despite COP29 outcome
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Global climate funds on brink of first year of outflows on record
Global climate assets up 6% in first nine months of 2024
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Three sustainable equity funds without undue factor risks
Morningstar’s van Genderen looks at the factor tilts in sustainable funds, and challenges some common assumptions
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Two-thirds of asset owners say ESG materiality has increased across markets and factors
Morningstar’s latest asset owner survey also shows that fiduciary duty continues to be driven by financial materiality
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Next Generation with Morningstar’s Wang: Developing expertise in transition funds
Analyst says transition-themed ESG funds offer wide investment opportunities and better risk diversification
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Green Dream with Morningstar’s Bioy: We’ve only scratched the surface in terms of climate change investment opportunities
Bioy would like to see less traditional asset classes made more accessible to investors
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FRC announces five new ‘priority areas’ amid revised UK Stewardship Code
The council engaged with over 1,500 stakeholders earlier this year
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How have recent European elections impacted renewable energy?
Morningstar’s Tancrede Fulop analyses how government shake-ups in the UK and France will affect the utilities sector
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ESG Out Loud: ‘We’re optimistic there’s enough interest for an LGBTQ+ fund launch’
Rob Edwards discusses Morningstar’s index focused on LGBTQ+ leaders in this month’s podcast for Pride
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Three new considerations when investing in ESG funds
Following ESMA’s announcement on fund names, ESG managers will be assessing the impact on their portfolios, writes Hortense Bioy
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Morningstar: ESG funds are cheaper than conventional strategies
Funds that converted to ESG strategies lowered their costs by 20 basis points on average