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Sustainable infrastructure index launched

V-Square Quantitative Management has launched a sustainable infrastructure index in partnership with Morningstar.

Boom time for nature data

Demand for biodiversity and nature data is booming, ahead of an eagerly-awaited reporting framework planned for September. Peter Cripps and Thomas Cox explore some of the developments

ESG materiality index outperforms in first year

An ESG index focused on materiality and transition has outperformed its parent index in the year since its launch.

New benchmark 'could be bellwether index' for sustainable finance

A new index that combines material ESG data with climate transition data could become the "bellwether benchmark" in sustainable finance, its co-creator believes.

V-Square launches ESG ETF

V-Square launches diversity ETF

Asset manager V-Square Quantitative Management has launched its first thematic exchange-traded fund (ETF), the V-Shares US Leadership Diversity ETF (VDNI).

The low-carbon pathway

Governments across the world are increasingly responding to the climate crisis by adopting policies and market mechanisms to help reduce emissions, writes Mamadou-Abou Sarr

Is quantitative finance a good match for ESG?

Quantitative approaches provide speed, scalability, and cost savings, which can help process the deluge of ESG data, says Habib Moudachirou