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Economic rebound will be 'final test' for ESG funds, says Candriam
28 May 2020After delivering relative outperformance before and during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, the "final test" for environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds will be how they perform during the ongoing rebound, says Candriam.
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DWS launches 'smart' ESG investment approach
27 May 2020Asset manager DWS has announced stricter environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment criteria, focused on identifying and engaging with firms with high climate transition risk and violators of international sustainability standards.
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BlackRock hails sustainable ETFs in wake of Covid-19
17 April 2020Sustainable ETFs chalked up another resilient performance amid the market turmoil in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. BlackRock's regional sustainable ETF head tells Ahren Lester what may have driven this, and what it means for the future of the asset class.
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Lyxor launches ETFs tracking decarbonisation indexes
16 April 2020Lyxor Asset Management has launched four exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with focus on decarbonisation and achieving climate goals.
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Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2020
30 March 2020Environmental Finance's Bond Awards were expanded again this year to reflect the growth and evolution of the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond markets and to include the nascent GSS loan market.
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MSCI: Portfolio warming potential will be key metric
06 March 2020Assessing the "warming potential" of portfolios could soon become standard practice for investors, according to Remy Briand, head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assessment at data provider MSCI.
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ESG data webinar: Unfiltered data and AI under the MSCI microscope
21 February 2020Speakers from MSCI and the EU's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) will discuss how investors can make the most of unfiltered data, on a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance.
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S&P integrates Trucost data into analysis and research tools
20 February 2020S&P Global Market Intelligence has integrated climate data from Trucost into its portfolio analysis and quantitative research tools.
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Best performing funds of 2019: Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity
18 February 2020Tesla has helped turbocharge the fund's returns, writes Peter Cripps
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Transition-focused index backed by Church of England pension
30 January 2020The pension board of the Church of England (CofE) has allocated £600 million ($780 million) to a fund tracking a first-of-its-kind, custom-made, climate transition index, and issued a rallying call for other pension funds to follow.