US blue chips count the cost of ESG scandals
Data breaches, accounting scandals, sexual harassment and governance issues have rocked major companies
Investment
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PGIM adds liquid alternatives fund to Ucits platform
QMAW Keynes Systematic Absolute Return Fund seeks a return of Libor plus 5%, while seeking to limit risk of capital loss
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Franklin Templeton offers liquid hedge funds to European investors
Five-strong alternative funds Sicav range uses non-European managers and carries a performance fee
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Study: 60% of sovereigns now incorporate top-down ESG approach
Sustainable investing is rapidly expanding beyond equities into other asset classes, according to Invesco study
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Robeco launches emerging markets ESG fund
The fund is targeting a higher ESG score than the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index
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‘Worst examples of greenwashing are in green bonds’
About 15% of green bonds analysed by Insight Investment fail minimum ESG criteria, warns analyst Joshua Kendall
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HSBC GAM offers China A fund
Actively-managed Luxembourg-domiciled fund offers portfolio of 40-80 stocks with a large-cap bias
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Amundi expands Prime range with bond fund launch
The ETF will track the Solactive US Dollar Investment Grade Corporate Bond index
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Lyxor fund offers access to Bridgewater strategies
Alternative Ucits fund will provide clients with access to Bridgewater’s alpha and beta investment strategies
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‘The UN SDGs were not developed for investors’
Nomura’s Alex Rowe outlines the challenges funds face trying to adopt the United Nations SDGs into an ESG framework
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Bond buzz continues as central bank restarts QE
Expert Investor examines how the ECB’s stimulus measures will impact fixed income portfolio allocations
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ECB cuts rates and restarts QE in bid to boost growth
Outgoing ECB president Mario Draghi adamant bond buying programme has ‘headroom to go on for quite a long time’