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Funds Europe: Looser requirements for the proposed EU Ecolabel for Retail Financial Products would potentially increase green finance volumes channeled through eligible funds, a recent Esma analysis said. Currently, the ecolabel is a voluntary scheme that demands compliance with six main criteria.
Chief Investment Officer: Brazilian iron mining firm Vale SA settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission for $55.9 million on March 28, more than four years after one of its dams collapsed in Brazil in January 2019, resulting in the deaths of 270 people.
BNN Bloomberg: An analysis by Ceres and the Transition Pathways Initiative has found that JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo & Co. have yet to align their oil and gas financing goals for 2030 with a scenario that keeps global warming within the critical threshold of 1.5C.
Private Equity Wire: ESG considerations have a key role to play in private equity investment practice, with 52% of LP fund investors believing GP compensation should be directly linked to ESG goals, a new industry sentiment survey shows.
JD Supra: ESG and sustainability are two concepts that have gained significant prominence recently. The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation defines ESG as a set of factors that companies and investors consider regarding environmental, social, and governance issues.
ETF Trends: Investors are increasingly interested in sustainable and impact investment products and investing with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations in mind. In fact, results of a new study from Coalition Greenwich show that most global institutional fixed income investors plan to invest more in ESG-labeled fixed income funds, with more than 90% of survey respondents looking to expand their allocations to these types of bonds.
Funds Europe: Fund managers across the alternative asset class cite cybersecurity and ESG as top challenges during the fundraising due diligence process, according to a recent survey by Crestbridge. The survey revealed that compliance and regulatory support are a concern for almost half (46.15%) of respondents.
Advisor Perspectives: Sustainable investing continues to gain in popularity, with investors worldwide frequently attracted not only by ethical concerns but also by the lure of superior returns. Unfortunately, new research focused on global stocks showed that they did not get what they were sold.
Forbes: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies suffered a black eye this past year due to skyrocketing fossil fuel share prices that put a damper on ESG fund returns combined with increased politicization in the U.S.
Triple Pundit: In many ways, private equity is made to be invested in environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. But it takes thoughtful strategies to ensure those investments generate maximum value for both business and society.
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