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ESG is huge opportunity for European managers

Combined with a strong asset performance, this would see Europe’s share of global ESG assets amount to between 71% and 74% by 2025.

World Energy Day - a 'tipping point' in the transition to Clean Energy

Everywhere we look we see governments working to reinflate their economies, with Climate Change at the heart of their stimulus programmes.

Sustainable and ESG-focused funds “must be core part of portfolios now

Lowcock believes the outperformance of sustainable, ESG and ethical funds will continue from here, with many of the old-guard old economy stocks likely to struggle unless they change.

Credit Suisse Advances Institutional Sustainability Initiative Through Partnership with Equilibrium

Equilibrium innovates and manages sustainability-driven businesses and the deployment of capital within the sustainable real asset and resource management spaces.

EBRD and Japan to strengthen economic cooperation

This is in line with the EBRD’s Green Economy Transition approach, which has taken the Bank’s green investments to more than 40 per cent of annual investment last year and is set to exceed 50 per cent by 2025.

Zug AM launches global green bond fund

The group expands sustainable range with investment-grade-focused strategy.

How to make sure your ethical investments aren’t harming the planet

‘Start giving consumers the information they want,’ say financial experts

European ESG assets to boom in next 5 years, PwC indicates

The survey also said European assets in European strategies are predicted to hit 41% to 57% of total mutual fund assets in Europe by 2025, up from 12.7% at the end of 2019.

Investors should be wary of greenwashing when making ESG investments, say Bancroft Wealth

When you look under the bonnet, a lot of so-called ethical funds look very similar to other funds, so there is a real risk that much of the time it is simply a branding exercise.

Sustainable Financial Disclosures: Key Deadlines fro Global Investment Managers

As part of the EU's "Sustainable Action Plan", a sustainable finance disclosures regulation ("SFDR") will come into effect from 10 March 2021 which will impact EU managers, global managers with affiliates in the EU or marketing fu

Commentary: A note of precaution for ECB's greener monetary strategy

Climate change cannot be addressed by simply reducing economic activity, a total transformation of the existing system is necessary if we are to have any chance of keeping global average temperatures within pre-industrial levels, says an observer.

Ultra High-Net Worth Families Remain Committed to ESG

Already 55% of respondents say they apply ESG or sustainable principles to their investment approach.

Impact investing risks being marred by poor measurement standards

The key to impact investing, in our view, is reasonable expectations

How investment managers are ramping up their own green credentials

The firm says it has opportunities to self-generate renewable energy from its land holdings in Scotland.

Verification essential for more impact

There has been dramatic growth in the impact investing industry in just the last few years.

PLSA conference: UK targeting 'safer, better, greener' pensions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has also recently confirmed its intention to align climate risk reporting requirements for the schemes that it regulates with those set out in the Pension Schemes Bill.

Investor groups call on companies to reflect climate-related risks in financial reporting

Investors are concerned that companies risk overstating financial statements by failing to include the effects of climate change on profits and assets

From hot air to cold hard facts: how financial markets are finally getting a grip on how to price climate risk and return – and what needs to happen next

Speech given by Andrew Hauser at the Investment Association

Appetite for ESG accelerates during pandemic: Royal Bank of Canada survey

This trend was also evident when respondents were asked about the ability of ESG integrated portfolios to generate long-term sustainable alpha and to mitigate risk.

Planet Papers: Changing the planet

When it comes to making Planet Earth a better place, ordinary investors don’t normally spring to mind.

Planet SOS