Managers of Wealth

Are DFMs meeting the ESG challenge?

If DFMs want to retain adviser business, they need to offer ESG choices

Less than half of hedge funds integrate ESG: survey

Applicability to investment strategy continues to be a key barrier to integrating ESG factors for hedge funds.

7IM cuts charges on ESG fund

The group added that there is mounting evidence to suggest that stocks with higher ESG ratings will be more resilient than those who score poorly.

Sustainable investing muddle? Keep calm and try a doughnut

Claudia Quiroz is lead fund manager of Quilter Cheviot’s Climate Assets Fund

Why strong governance benefits social and environmental issues

RBC GAM VP on why the 'G' is underestimated and can lead to less volatile stock

Bank J. Safra Sarasin Launches Fund Supporting Sustainable Development Goals

The new JSS Sustainable Equity – SDG Opportunities fund invests globally in high-quality companies with strong sustainability practices and creates solutions that contribute to the SDGs.

Close Brothers launches sustainable multi-asset fund

The new sustainable funds will aim to generate consistent long-term returns by screening out unethical practices while focusing on investment opportunities with positive ESG and sustainability records.

Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2020: Active engagement identified as key tactic for driving change as greenwashing becomes main challenge

Active engagement and stewardship have leapt in importance as a way for asset managers to drive sustainable change, Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2020 has found.

Half of Singaporean investors think ESG will compromise returns

In a survey of 1,045 Singaporean investors by St. James’s Place Wealth Management Asia (SJP Asia), 53% of Singaporeans believe that they would need to compromise on investment returns in order to invest responsibly.

How to lead product development with sustainability in mind

Sustainability in business means many things from eco-friendly products to business models, and my career has taught me several things but none so clear as to how closely intertwined these two are.

Deutsche Bank surged into second place for green bonds

Demand for Sustainable Finance is growing

ESG and Sustainability in the Real Assets sector

The nature of real assets projects is that they are typically long-term and as immovable assets, they are directly linked to a location.

More look to their own finances to power a green recovery

A new research from Rathbone Greenbank Investments reveals that a quarter of UK people believe investing only in companies making a positive impact is one of the best ways to turbocharge the economy.

2022 - The growth opportunity of the century

Are you ready for the ESG change?

London loses crown as global green finance leader

London has lost its world crown for green finance quality, slipping behind Amsterdam and Zurich after more than two years at the helm, according to the latest Z/Yen index.

MSCI Launches Climate Indexes to Help Investors Seeking to Align with 1.5°C Paris Climate Pledge

Combining expertise and insight from MSCI’s Climate Risk Center, the indexes include climate data from MSCI’s Climate Value-at-Risk (Climate VaR) tool, scope 3 emissions data, and green revenues

ESG investing gains ground amid Covid-19

Strategy relies heavily on data and their interpretation to pick long-term winners

The Rockefeller Foundation commits USD1 billion to catalyze a green recovery from pandemic

Driving public-private investment, transformative solutions, and a more inclusive, sustainable future

Green insurance moving forward in Guernsey

The amendments would reduce the capital requirements applicable to green fixed income assets of commercial life insurers and commercial life reinsurers.

How to profit from a world of opportunity as green firms embrace The Attenborough Effect

Asset manager Liontrust says there is growing interest in sustainable investing because of the 'Attenborough Effect'

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