12/15/2020
Sustainable Investing Perspectives - UBS
Our latest monthly issue of UBS Sustainable Investing Perspectives discusses SI equity strategies, why exclusions shouldn’t be an exclusive strategy, and UK's 10-point green plan
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12/15/2020
New guidance will help family offices embrace sustainable investing
The promotional agency, in collaboration with Ogier in Guernsey, has produced a guide for developing sustainable trust deeds, ‘Sustainable Investing for Private Wealth and Family Offices.’
12/14/2020
Climate change and emerging markets after Covid-19
Emerging economies are much more vulnerable to rising global temperatures than their advanced counterparts.
12/10/2020
Asia’s UHNWIs say sustainable investment trend is ‘here to stay’
But some investors continue to be sceptical about the benefits of sustainability, according to a Lombard Odier study.
12/09/2020
Ex-CS boutique takes CHF 570m stake in renewables firm
The transaction is still subject to regulatory approval.
12/09/2020
After Attracting a Record $32 Billion from Abroad in 2019, Clean Energy in Emerging Markets Endures a Rough 2020
BloombergNEF’s annual Climatescope survey illustrates investors’ pre-pandemic appetite for clean energy in developing markets; Chile finishes atop the market ranking
12/09/2020
Environment, Sustainability and Governance in Financial Services
This report focuses on how financial organisations can adopt ESG practices and contribute to helping the world achieve a low carbon economic future.
12/08/2020
Call for more detail on meeting UK's emissions targets
The new target replaces a previous 53% reduction target that had been outlined for 2030 as prime minister Boris Johnson reiterated his government's intention to "go further and faster to tackle climate change
12/08/2020
How to manage different personalities – The theory behind it
As time went by, the model has evolved and is now used mostly as a psychological test in an effort to categorize personalities.
12/07/2020
Coutts Plants First Trees of Biggest ‘tiny forest’ in Europe
The Forest of Thanks and Remembrance will combine remembrance with a permanent place of appreciation for all the efforts of frontline workers in the borough throughout the crisis.
12/07/2020
ESG excellence – Willis Owen’s first annual review reveals ESG funds outperform across global, UK and Equity Income sectors
“ESG is a fairly broad label and doesn’t need to mean ethical, for example, but could just mean the fund uses ESG in its process, which many do,” he said.
12/04/2020
Comment: Ten steps toward effective ESG integration
The explanatory effect of ESG on returns in the context of stock market crises also remains subject to debate.
12/04/2020
Sustainable investing is in vogue among wealthy Asians in the Covid-19 world even if questions linger over potential payback
“At the same time, investing in companies with an emphasis on sustainability will be a factor of higher return in the coming years.”
12/03/2020
Management of climate risk has become an imperative for banks - Deloitte
What’s more, retail and institutional investors have increasingly applied ESG principles to their portfolios, suggesting that sustainability factors are important to shareholders.
12/03/2020
Battle to lead the green revolution standards falls to the UK and USA as EU risks falling behind
The new President-elect in the US has committed to a program of green initiatives that will also help push them to the fore of this revolution.
12/03/2020
Sustainable allocations to double in next five years, finds BlackRock
The survey gathered insights from 425 investors in 27 countries, including corporate and public pension plans, asset managers, endowments, foundations, and global wealth managers with nearly USD25 trillion in assets under management (AUM).
12/03/2020
How to integrate ESG in investment advisory
As a wealth manager, you can derive new business opportunities from ESG by proposing reallocations, triggered by ESG criteria.
12/03/2020
ESG vs impact investing: what’s the difference?
Against a COVID-19 backdrop and new data on climate change trends, sustainable investing is maturing faster and generating greater interest in private markets than ever before.
12/02/2020
Schroders awarded ‘Advanced’ recognition in Morningstar ESG Commitment Level Assessment
This ranking expresses Morningstar’s analysts’ assessments of individual strategies and asset managers’ determination to incorporate ESG factors into their investment processes and organisations.
12/01/2020
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2020
Country performance is commonly expressed in GDP – but GDP numbers fail to reflect the underlying elements that shape the development of a country.