NN IP to launch ESG products with ChinaAMC
NN Investment Partners and China Asset Management have partnered to launch ESG integrated fund products.
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JP Morgan unveils ESG fixed income index
Blackrock has helped JP Morgan create a new fixed income index for emerging market issuers with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
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Numbers are not enough to select funds
Spanish fund selector Celia Benedé Miranda delves into whether numbers really matter when it comes to fund selection.
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iShares gun-free ETFs fail to reach Europe
European investors in a number of iShares ETFs remain exposed to guns as Blackrock responds to the recent school shooting tragedy in Florida in its US range through the launch of firearm-free products.
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Expert Investor launches ESG site
Expert Investor has launched a website showcasing its inaugural ESG Congress in Berlin which brought together top fund selectors who discussed the challenges and the importance of the sector.
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Surging green bond market suffers diversification problem
A letter from Insight Investment calling for greater green bond issuance from banks highlights the lack of depth in the green bond space, despite the market growing significantly over the last year and the first green bond funds reaching their three-year track record.
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SRI is not the same as ESG
While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have become an inherent part of risk management, socially responsible investment (SRI) products are, by comparison, designed to meet the demand of specific investors, according to Aberdeen Standard’s William Scholes.
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BMO launches Euro corporate bond fund
BMO Global Asset Management has expanded its socially-responsible fund range with the launch of a Euro corporate bond fund.
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Funds rebadging as ESG reaches new heights
Asset managers are increasingly repurposing underperforming funds into ESG products to jump on the sustainable investing trend, but an announcement this week from Franklin Templeton Investments has taken the process to new heights as it repositions a global equities fund into a thematic climate change product.
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Ethical exclusions lower Norway’s sovereign fund returns
Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund has returned 1.6 percentage points less on an annualised basis over the last 12 years because it excluded some stocks on ethical grounds.
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Franklin Templeton ‘repositions’ fund to focus on climate change
Franklin Templeton Investments has “repositioned” its existing Global (Euro) Fund to focus on companies actively reducing their carbon footprint which it expects will boost returns.
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Generali to invest €3.5bn into ‘green’ sectors
Italy’s Generali Group is to increase investments in “green” sectors by €3.5bn by 2020, mainly by ploughing money into bonds that finance environmentally beneficial projects and investing directly in cleaner infrastructure.