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Seven Investment Management’s (7IM) Camilla Ritchie has retired after more than 16 years at the firm. Ritchie (pictured) has managed 7IM’s Sustainable Balance Fund since its inception in 2007, during which time the strategy has grown 76%, outperforming the 67% return posted by its benchmark, the IA Mixed Investment 20-60% Shares. Prior to joining 7IM … Read more
Global X is coming to the market with a carbon credit futures ETF, adding to roughly half a dozen US products in that category. The Mirae company filed a prospectus December 28 2022 for the Global X Carbon Credits Strategy ETF, which would track the ICE Global Carbon Futures Index. The ETF would invest at … Read more
Asset manager Hypatia Capital is hoping to ride a wave of research pointing to the strength of companies with women in top leadership positions. The Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO), which debuts Monday, is an actively managed strategy that aims to capture performance alpha by investing in companies with female executives and significant female representation on boards of directors. … Read more
The small asset management firm that less than two years ago won board seats at Exxon Mobil is planning to launch its third ETF. Last Friday, Engine No. 1 filed an initial prospectus for its Transform Scarcity ETF. That product, which could commence trading in less than three months, would invest in 20 to 60 … Read more
As we embark on a new year, I’ve been thinking about how the conversation around ESG investing has evolved last year, including the impact of the energy crisis, its implications for the low carbon transition and where this has left investor demand for sustainable assets in light of this year’s challenges. Importantly, despite last year’s … Read more
Globally, the cumulative total labelled (including green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked) issuance reached USD3.3tn in H1 2022, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative database. Even though Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region poses an enormous potential, it still represents less than 2% of the total global value. The first issuer from LAC entered the … Read more
It is an unfortunate reality of climate change that it has been largely caused by those who have the greatest resources, and yet the impacts are being felt disproportionately by those with the least resources. Women in particular are much more vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change than men, largely as a result … Read more
DWS is preparing an Xtrackers ETF that would invest in companies seen as leaders in addressing climate change in their businesses. Late last week the company filed a prospectus for the Xtrackers MSCI USA Climate Action Equity ETF, which would focus on large- and mid-cap companies. The index targets 50% coverage of companies from each … Read more
The increased sensitivity to climate risk principally penalises the world’s poorest countries that are climate vulnerable through no fault of their own. Making matters worse, sovereign risk pricing rarely rewards countries that invest in low carbon transitions and climate resilience. The integration of nature-related risks into financial decision-making is reinforcing this damaging asymmetry – those … Read more
Mikkel Bates, regulatory manager at FE fundinfo and ESG Clarity Committee member Reflecting on what has been a tumultuous 2022 for ESG and markets in general, what has been your biggest challenge and how have you overcome it? We have said it every year for the last three or four years that the previous one … Read more