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  • ESG resolution support among US asset managers slumps in 2023

    11 January 2024

    Key environmental, social and governance (ESG) shareholder resolutions at US firms in 2023 were backed by just half of major US asset managers, according to Morningstar - significantly falling behind their European peers.

  • Funds with about £110bn in AUM to opt for UK FCA labels, Morningstar estimates

    09 January 2024

    About 300 investment funds, which collectively manage about £110 billion ($140 billion), are set to adopt new UK sustainability fund labels this year, according to estimates by Morningstar.

  • COP28: What can we take away?

    08 January 2024

    The agreement has increased transition risks, writes Anya Solovieva

  • Morningstar fined by regulator in anti-greenwashing action

    08 December 2023

    Morningstar has paid the Australian financial regulator AUD29,820 ($19,612) after it alleged the company retained exposure to weapons manufacturers via its ESG-themed funds despite claiming it excluded such companies.

  • Expect more fossil fuel meddling at COP28, says Morningstar

    29 November 2023

    It is unsurprising that the UAE reportedly sought to use COP negotiations to further fossil fuel interests - and it is likely that oil and gas companies will look to further change the narrative in their favour at this year's conference, according to Morningstar.

  • Climate adaptation work at COP28 can learn from biodiversity, Morningstar says

    13 November 2023

    With a growing focus on climate adaptation expected at COP28, there are lessons to be learnt from assessing the inherently local nature of impacts and dependencies on biodiversity, Morningstar has said.

  • COP28 cannot 'succumb to doomism' on 1.5°C

    09 November 2023

    COP28 must not "succumb to doomism" on the 1.5°C target and risk losing much-needed ambition, Morningstar has warned.

  • Article 9 funds attracted 'a new low' in Q3 2023

    26 October 2023
  • US asset managers decline to back 'over-reaching' E&S resolutions

    13 September 2023

    Support for environmental and social shareholder resolutions fell by 10 percentage points in the 2023 proxy season, with asset managers arguing the motions were often 'overly prescriptive' or 'redundant', Morningstar Manager Research has found.

  • UBS AM downgraded in Morningstar's ESG ranking

    30 August 2023