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    Cash Investors Trigger $29 Billion Spike in ESG-Lite Funds

    2022-11-16

    Yahoo Finance: The about-face came as UK pension managers reallocated funds in response to the economic shock triggered by the proposed reforms under then prime minister, Liz Truss. Much of that cash made its way into money-market funds that carry the EU’s weakest ESG designation, known as Article 8.

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    Canada Pension Will Sell Firms That Don’t Take ESG Seriously

    2022-11-16

    BNN Bloomberg: The head of Canada’s $400 billion pension fund said he’s willing to cut ties with firms that aren’t committed to their net-zero targets.

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    Dimensional Expands Sustainable ETF Suite

    2022-11-16

    Yahoo Finance: Dimensional Fund Advisors, the Austin, Texas-based firm with nearly $600 billion in assets under management, added a new exchange-traded fund to its new lineup of sustainable products. The launch comes after the firm introduced its first set of green ETFs earlier this month.

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    Do Human Rights Get Enough Attention from ESG Investors?

    2022-11-15

    The Globe and Mail: As environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues factor into more investment decisions, critics say one element is often overlooked: the human rights records of businesses.

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    Aviva Investors’ CEO Calls for New Bretton Woods to Reform Finance

    2022-11-15

    ESG Clarity: The global financial system is not fit for purpose and will need a “bold change” in order to combat the climate crisis, the CEO of Aviva Investors, Mark Versey has said.

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    BlackRock Reclassifies $26 Billion of ESG ETFs on EU Rules

    2022-11-11

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. is removing Europe’s top ESG designation from a string of exchange-traded funds, after the EU provided updated guidelines to the asset management industry.

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    Invesco Downgrades Article 9 Paris-aligned ETFs

    2022-11-11

    ETF Stream: Invesco is the latest heavyweight European issuer to downgrade its entire Article 9 Paris-aligned benchmark (PAB) ETF range after ETF Stream revealed BlackRock and UBS Asset Management are lining up a raft of downgrades for their strategies.

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    ESG Funds Seen Underperforming Broader Market in 2023: Survey

    2022-11-10

    BNN Bloomberg: The debate over whether investing with ESG principles in mind makes money is one that’s grown in recent years as the global market for sustainable funds has ballooned to more than $2.2 trillion.

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    New Data Shows How Private Equity Stacks Up On ESG

    2022-11-09

    Private Equity Wire: How are private companies performing on meaningful environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics? How is the ESG performance of these companies changing over time? And how does their progress on ESG link to their financial results?

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    DWS Adds to ESG Lineup with 3 New Funds

    2022-11-09

    Yahoo Finance: German asset manager DWS Group launched a trio of exchange-traded funds that tap into growing demand for environmental, social and governance investing.

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