Managers of Wealth

Standard Chartered Launches Sustainable Deposit Solution

This follows what the bank claims to be the world’s first SDG deposit product launched in Europe by Standard Chartered in May 2019.

Solid foundations in place and rapid progress made – Guernsey’s self-assessment on green and sustainable finance published

The report identifies that Guernsey has moved quickly, through the creation of Guernsey Green Finance

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

Here are some of the most commonly-asked questions about carbon accounting.

Can Civilization Survive What’s Coming?

The new IPCC report on climate change will fill you with existential dread — rightfully so

Investors struggle to make US companies change tack on climate change

Number of shareholder-backed environmental proposals tumbles

Companies struggle to digest ‘alphabet soup’ of ESG arbiters

Awareness builds that a standardised reporting approach is needed in battle to fight climate change.

The unsustainable sustainable investing boom

According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, over $30.7 trillion of assets globally in 2018 were invested using environmental, social or governance (ESG) criteria, a 34 per cent increase from 2016.

Can the global investment industry meet Greta Thunberg’s challenge?

How should groups respond to the impassioned speech by the young climate activist?

How are banks doing on sustainable finance commitments? Not good enough

World Resources Institute’s new Green Targets Tool shows that only 24 of the 50 largest private-sector banks have made a sustainable finance commitment — and the targets vary considerably.

REYL Group Launches Impact Investing Affiliate

Asteria will allocate capital to companies that generate positive social and environmental benefits, looking to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its frame of reference.

Sustainable Investing: what is it and what is the future of sustainable investing in Asia?

Over the past couple of decades we have witnessed the introduction of a dramatic number of laws, policies, targets and initiatives across the globe which are imprinting environmental and social considerations into the rules that govern our financial syste

ESG: how can clients avoid 'greenwashing'?

Transnational initiatives have also been put forward recently in an effort to both harmonise and clarify the nature, breadth and scope of ESG principles and assist multi-governmental efforts aiming to apply them domestically in a coherent manner.

Nordea selection head: ESG is 'integrate or die' issue for active managers

The fund selector referred to the rise of passive and factor products, increased cost transparency demands and constant lowering of management fees as some of the biggest obstacles the industry is facing.

Demand growing for ESG fixed income solutions in Asia

HSBC Global Asset Management is looking to raise US$750 million for an emerging market green impact bond fund

HSBC GAM’s discretionary ESG approach

Fund managers at HSBC Global Asset Management can accept or ignore ESG red flags, but they can’t deny the warnings, according to the firm’s responsible investment specialist.

GIM view – Can the global investment industry meet Greta Thunberg’s challenge?

The speech was aimed at politicians, but if the campaign was to turn its fire on the global investment industry would that be justified?

AI and climate change shaking up investors’ assumptions

AI is seen as a risk and opportunity by 52%, a risk alone by 33% and a pure opportunity by 7%.

Schwyzer Kantonalbank to launch three funds

The fund will focus on socially and environmentally friendly firms, and investments will be subject to final checks by SZKB.

UK corporate directors urged to keep abreast of climate change issues

Lord Sales noted in his speech that, based on the current law, "there is much force in the view that directors may and, increasingly, must take into account and accord significant weight to climate change in their decision-making".

Europe dominates world's green financial centres says report

GGFI states that generally standards are improving around the world as ratings of green finance rose in almost all centres for both depth and quality.

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