Managers of Wealth

Net zero goal needs more alignment

More ambitious and aligned policies are needed to achieve the Paris agreement targets – and to enable investors to make a bigger impact, according to Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI).

Net Zero Asset Managers initiative announces 41 new signatories

The additional signatories mean a total 128 investors, collectively managing $43 trillion in assets, are now part of the initiative.

ESG: keeping up with the finance sector’s ‘hottest topic’

A solution might be to adopt standards which can help investors make comparisons and investment decisions.

Schroders invests in Natural Capital Research

These include assets important for carbon storage, carbon sequestration, soil erosion protection, flood risk management, biodiversity, water quality and recreation.

TISE launches sustainable segment, joins UN sustainable initiative

TISE is now among the 104 Partner Exchanges of the UN SSE.

Senior Leaders ESG Forum hosted by Compeer and Objectway highlights an overarching need for common standards

The question of how to avoid greenwashing will become more prevalent as firms develop their ESG proposition.

Future Planet Capital

Launching a structured investment vehicle for co-investments in biotech

Linking executive pay to ESG goals

Public pressure and changing norms are paving the way for business leaders to be paid based on a new set of criteria.

HSBC Asset Management Finances the Launch of RadiantESG Global Investors

A women-owned investment firm

Covid-19: a catalyst for sustainable finance

This enables us to design tailor-made solutions that will deliver the best risk/return ratio while maximising the positive impact of each client’s portfolio.

You can't go green without blue

The blue economy is critical to all companies' ESG ambitions.

Liontrust pulls ESG trust IPO after limited interest

Liontrust will at least be able to continue to build on their strong open-ended ESG franchise.”

EBRD announces winners of Green TFP awards

The Green TFP allows partner banks to use their existing trade finance facilities to finance exports, imports and local distribution of imported green technologies and materials, in line with the EBRD’s Green Economy Transition (GET) approach.

Green bonds: silver bullet or drop in the ocean?

For these reasons, the retail products should be supported, and we hope to see strong demand once they are available.

Sustainable food: the investment case

This is incompatible with the need to achieve a net-zero emission environment globally by 2050.

Switzerland paves the way in sustainable finance

Switzerland has made these goals a strategic objective.

ESG Spotlight: What are the Major Challenges Facing Senior Leaders?

One of the key challenges identified was integrating ESG into the investment management framework and then monitoring this.

Active Management and Sustainability Key to Navigating Investment Challenges in the Age of #TheZero

The panellists also set the scene for the rest of the two-day conference, ‘Solving the Problem of #TheZero: Present and Future’, highlighting the forces and solutions that can help investors navigate a world of very low global interest rates a

Three leaders in financial service and climate science join Global Returns Project

Sai K Tampi, Global Head of Funds, ETFs and Manager Selection for the Wealth and Personal Banking Division of HSBC, has joined the Advisory Board in his personal capacity.

FATF Issues Report on Money Laundering Linked to Environmental Crime

This FATF Report identifies methods that criminals use to launder proceeds from environmental crime

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