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People moves 6 June: DWS, DBS, Macquarie and more...

A transition taxonomy: ready or not?

Could extending the EU's taxonomy to unsustainable and intermediate activities prove trickier than work on 'green', Michael Hurley asks

Global sustainable inflows fall at fastest rate in three years

Global sustainable fund inflows fell almost 36% in the first quarter of 2022, the sharpest quarterly slowdown in three years.

China becomes second largest climate funds market

China has overtaken the US to become the second largest climate funds market, after its assets more than doubled to $47 billion last year.

Morningstar revokes sustainable label from hundreds of EU funds

Morningstar has reversed a previous decision to label more than 1,200 EU funds as 'sustainable', after scrutinising their documents.

EU SFDR response raises 'legitimate' greenwashing concern

The market response to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) from asset managers has "led to confusion and greenwashing concerns", warned Morningstar.

People Moves 4 February: CalPERS, Citi, Morningstar, Guinness & more

Morningstar appoints first global ESG head

Asset managers must 'own up' to index fund net-zero problem

Asset managers need to "own up" to the net-zero problem created by their passive index funds and begin to consider closing traditional index funds...

Record-breaking 2021 ESG voting season in US

Investor support for environmental and social resolutions at US companies hit record levels in 2021, according to Morningstar...