Managers of Wealth

ESG for the legal profession

Such developments are reflective of growing support for the view that material ESG factors such as climate change must be considered and managed by businesses and asset managers.

GAM kicks off new ESG range with EM debt strategy

The new strategy was developed with VBV-Pensionskasse, an Austrian pension fund.

4 Ways to Embrace Green Travel and Take a Vacation with Impact

Making sustainable travel choices need not mean bidding goodbye to luxury—as these options show, going eco-friendly can elevate your experience

Rockefeller Asset Management Launches Rockefeller Climate Solutions UCITS Driven by Nordic Region Institutional and Professional Investors

This expands the firm's spectrum of sustainable investment solutions

Schroders explores the landscape of impact reporting and ESG integration at the launch of the UN Global Compact’s UK-Norway Sustainable Finance Action Platform

The measurement and reporting of ESG data is a key deliverable that will drive real progress within sustainable finance.

IR 2020 review: manager operations scrutinized through ESG lens

The net result is that ESG considerations are now firmly entrenched in the investor relations process.

Kingswood launches short-dated ESG bond fund

Targeting five-year duration

Citi Launches ESG World Indices in Response to Ongoing Demand for ESG Benchmarks

The Citi ESG World Indices are Citi’s first proprietary indices to offer a benchmark for best-in-class ESG performers from across global markets.

ESG opportunities at forefront of a wave of new launches

Investors have a increasing array of ESG opportunities and eight products from four different providers have launched in the last month.

A blueprint for scaling voluntary carbon markets to meet the climate challenge

The market for carbon credits purchased voluntarily (rather than for compliance purposes) is important for other reasons, too.

Close Brothers Asset Finance funds development of innovative waste park

The first loan will enable a 200,000 metric tonne recycling facility to be built, creating 55 new jobs.

Nordea AM soft closes climate fund after it surpasses CHF 6bn AUM

The company said AUM grew by more than 500% over the past two years.

Rare earths are an untold sustainable investment story – RWC’s Fenton

Key materials, such as copper, nickel and uranium, will play a critical role in transitioning to cleaner energy and Fenton is particularly positive about opportunities within rare earth commodities.

Going beyond binary investor personas

BMO Global Asset Management is actively exploring ways to ignite more engaging ESG conversations, says CEO Kristi Mitchem

IR 2020 review: manager operations scrutinized through ESG lens

The net result is that ESG considerations are now firmly entrenched in the investor relations process.

Be Inspired by Today’s Powerful, Young Climate Leaders

Let the words of Greta Thunberg, Amanda Gorman and other youth leaders guide your climate action.

From Paris to Glasgow: the return of the US to the climate fight

President Joe Biden has taken the US back into the Paris Agreement framework.

Climate protection: Federal Council adopts Switzerland’s long-term climate strategy

The new CO2 Act is essential for achieving the net-zero target.

Advisers face ‘high barriers’ to integrate ESG

“When we asked for views on the types of tools and materials advisers might reach for to stay afloat in the foamy seas of ESG, [advisers] returned a definitive ‘trying but could be better’.”

Lombard Odier extends partnership with Plastic Bank® to fund educational programmes

The initial partnership with Plastic Bank, a social enterprise committed to stopping ocean plastic, was announced in July 2020

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