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Green bond funds struggle in tough 2018
22 February 2019In a tough year for fixed income markets, most green bond funds lagged their benchmarks. Peter Cripps and Elena K. Johansson report
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People Moves: Natixis, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Schroders, PIMCO, Truvalue Labs, MSCI, SASB, Boston Trust and Walden, ANZ and Swiss Association for Responsible Investment
15 February 2019Harald Walkate has been appointed as Natixis Investment Managers' first head of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG.
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Amundi launches new responsible equity ETF for emerging markets
05 February 2019Amundi has added to its range of 'socially responsible investing' (SRI) exchange traded funds (ETFs), with a new product tracking the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) SRI index.
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Funds of the year: Dimensional's US Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio
28 January 2019An underexposure to energy stocks was helpful to performance in 2018, explains Jed Fogdall. Peter Cripps reports
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ESG ratings companies warn of PG&E 'cautionary tale'
28 January 2019ISS-oekom, Sustainalytics and MSCI have urged investors to take heed of the ‘cautionary tale’ of PG&E, whose long history of subpar performance on managing environmental risks has for years been flagged by their ratings.
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Facing climate change with a united front
23 January 2019The UN Joint Staff Pension Fund's head of investment tells Michael Hurley how he juggles climate risk with a set of other challenges that are unique to the supranational fund
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ESG regulation and war on plastic will shape 2019, MSCI predicts
22 January 2019Increasing regulation on environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investments and a war on plastic waste are likely to be among the defining ESG themes of 2019, according to MSCI.
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Governance quality could drive green bond outperformance, says Nomura
21 December 2018Green bonds have consistently outperformed non-green bonds in the secondary market, according to a study by Nomura Asset Management.
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UniCredit launches European green bond ETF
14 December 2018A subsidiary of Italian bank UniCredit has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will invest in green bonds from European issuers.
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Terry Smith bullish on anniversary of sustainable equities fund
23 November 2018Fundsmith's foray into sustainable investing has yielded early success and is poised for further growth, founder Terry Smith tells Graham Cooper