Green bonds ‘totally different’ from equity counterparts
Companies selected for ESG equity fund portfolios can outperform peers ‘but not when ESG is applied to fixed income’
ESG
-
-
Nasdaq launches ESG portal to screen Nordic companies
Move encourages companies in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius to report on ESG
-
Blue Orchard offers EM impact bond fund
Ucits-compliant impact bond fund seeks to address UN Sustainable Development Goals in emerging markets
-
Lombard Odier offers Ucits sustainable market neutral fund
Swiss manager expands alternatives range with launch global equity sustainability focused market neutral fund
-
Asset managers grapple with plastic clampdown
Backlash against plastic pollution and its toxic impact presents investment opportunities as policymakers get tough
-
Is it possible to screen all high-polluting companies?
Nordea’s Hilde Jenssen ponders whether it’s possible for managers to avoid all companies with high CO2 emissions
-
Expert Investor ESG Congress photo gallery
Here are some of the highlights from the Expert Investor ESG Congress in Berlin, Germany November 30 to December 1 2018
-
Selectors ‘need to grill managers on ESG’
It’s vital that fund buyers interrogate managers on their ESG process and go beyond what ratings can provide
-
Blackrock sells French solar plants
Transaction allows Korean asset manager Samchully to enter France’s renewable energy market for the first time
-
ESG investing often has ‘hidden negative impacts’
Impact funds struggle to invest in a ‘net positive way’ and negative impacts can be an undocumented by-product
-
Variety of ESG bond funds ‘poised to expand’
Investment grade corporate dominates sustainable bonds, but range of asset classes will grow, says consultancy
-
Firms that neglect social ESG criteria ‘underperform’
Fund selectors should avoid the lowest-ranked companies in terms of social indicators, according to Hermes