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Bloomberg has partnered with Riskthinking.AI to launch the first physical risk indicators designed to account for every climate scenario endorsed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Combining data on more than one million physical assets with Riskthinking.AI’s dataset of global climate change projections and proprietary methodology, the indicators aim to provide Bloomberg users … Read more
In this series for ESG Clarity EU, Hargreaves Lansdown dives into ESG funds available in the UK and EU, analysing their investments, performance and ESG credentials. For this latest article, Dominic Rowles takes a look at the FSSA Asia Focus fund. Many Asian and emerging markets are home to young, increasingly wealthy populations and an expanding workforce that’s expected to … Read more
Evelyn Partners Sustainable MPS team has switched out its holding in Impax Environmental Markets Investment Trust in favour of a smaller position in its open-ended sister fund. In the latest rebalance, lead manager Genevra Banszky von Ambroz (pictured) said the £652m Impax Environmental Markets fund offers a similar underlying exposure without the discount to NAV … Read more
Barclays has hired Denise Wong as head of sustainable and impact banking, Asia Pacific. Wong will be responsible for advising corporate and institutional clients on leveraging opportunities to meet sustainability objectives, and will report to Vanessa Koo, head of investment banking, Asia Pacific. Wong brings more than 20 years’ experience, having worked with Barclays across … Read more
The need to transform how we interact with nature creates a major opportunity for the green bond universe, but also presents challenges. So far, green bond issuers have successfully embraced funding the transition toward carbon neutrality. But far fewer issuers are currently looking at regenerative biodiversity projects or initiatives that seek to protect our ecosystems … Read more
Global sustainable funds recorded another decline in inflows in the third quarter of the year, with investors backing the sector with $13.7bn compared to a revised $23.6bn in the previous quarter, but sustainable assets fell in value less than traditional counterparts. Falling stock valuations meant global sustainable fund assets declined by 4.2% to $2.74trn at … Read more
Global sustainable funds recorded another decline in inflows in the third quarter of the year, with investors backing the sector with $13.7bn compared to a revised $23.6bn in the previous quarter, but sustainable assets fell in value less than traditional counterparts. Falling stock valuations meant global sustainable fund assets declined by 4.2% to $2.74trn at … Read more
Fidelity International has launched two active fixed income ETFs with a focus on sustainable investing, classified as Article 9 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. Fidelity Sustainable EUR Corporate Bond – Paris Aligned Multifactor Ucits ETF and Fidelity Sustainable USD Corporate Bond – Paris Aligned Multifactor Ucits ETF were listed on 23 October on the … Read more
If you haven’t been looking at your portfolio and thinking about what impact a carbon price would have, all of your valuations are mispriced at some point in the mid term, according to Michael Sheren. In the latest episode of ESG Out Loud, the former Bank of England senior adviser, and president and chief strategy … Read more
Gender inequality is persistent in the private sector both in entrepreneurship and corporate leadership, according to a report from the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on ESG, which calls for ESG to be deployed more actively to remedy this. Significant strides have been made, notably 40% female board membership across the FTSE 350, but there … Read more