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The Big Green Short by MAN Institute

The popularity of exclusionary screening strategies is driven, to a large extent, by clients’ demand to restrict their portfolios from holding stocks that do not meet certain ESG criteria.

The greening of corporate credit

The fund manager will take from almost all investment classes and products to pursue his strategy.

Blackfinch Asset Management launches ESG-approved Adaptation Funds

This is alongside being structured to meet the ongoing requirement for diversification across markets, geographies and asset classes.

Baby Boomers ESG fund trading activity soars 107%

The Share Centre sees increased interest from Baby Boomers looking at how to align investment objectives with core values

BNY Mellon launches ESG training for advisers

ESG investing takes into account ethical factors alongside financial markers in the decision-making process and has become more commonplace in the global investment space in recent years.

26% of clients now seek responsible ESG investments: deVere

deVere Group reports that since the beginning of May, 26% of clients around the world are eyeing exposure to or are now part of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) “megatrend.”

Will the environmental benefits of lockdown last?

The human and economic consequences of Covid-19 are devastating.

Island taking to global stage on green finance

AS THE world looks at how to pay for a green recovery from Covid-19, Guernsey is taking to the international stage this week by hosting a sustainable finance week.

The blue economy

Humanity's relationship with the sea is changing, offering new business opportunities in the process.

ESG weathering the storm of Covid-19

A failure to consider long-term sustainability and contributions to decarbonisation, protection of local ecosystems and biodiversity could set us back by decades in achieving our Paris Agreement goals.

Former BVCA chief backs Guernsey Green PE principles

Tim Hames held the top role at the BVCA for six years until last year.

EBRD announces winners of the 2020 Sustainability Awards

Sustainability underlies all EBRD operations and the Sustainability Awards recognise clients that the Bank works with that are also committed to ensuring sustainability is at the heart of their operations.

Big business and its effect on biodiversity

All in all, one million animal and plant species are at imminent risk of extinction, endangering ecosystems that are critical to sustaining human life on earth.

Quilter Cheviot’s sustainable investment fund marks its 10 year anniversary with £100m milestone

Quilter Cheviot believes that the longer-term trends behind sustainable investing remain firmly in place with sustainable investment continuing to move up the agenda for both the government and investors.

How the renewable energy industry is battling the coronavirus blues

The successful recent deals, he added, are a testament to the vision of the states brokering them with the private sector.

Guernsey launches green private equity principles

Private equity funds domiciled or administered in Guernsey have a net asset value of more than £120 billion.

UK support grows for a green Covid-19 exit

More Britons now favour a green Covid-19 exit policy focused on the environment rather than one putting the economy first.

Cayman - putting the G into ESG

This Article looks at how the governance element of ESG is reflected in the evolving governance requirements for Cayman Islands funds.

EU Commission consultation on Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy

The Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy aims to provide the policy tools to ensure the financial system genuinely supports the transition of the industry towards sustainability in a context of recovery.

How is Climate Change Impacting on the Financial Services Sector?

In the financial services sector, the issue presents various risks to a number of different participants and we expect that firms can only expect regulatory attention to increase over time.

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