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Private Equity Wire: A clear majority (85%) of investors in alternative investments are integrating ESG criteria into their investment decisions, an increase of 10% points over the last three years, according to new research from LGT Capital Partners.
U.S. News: BlackRock Inc, the world's No.1 asset manager, reported a sharp drop in its support for environmental and social-related shareholder resolutions, saying many were too prescriptive, while its backing for directors and executive pay held steady.
BNN Bloomberg: The head of multi-asset strategies at Robeco Institutional Asset Management is questioning the appropriateness of betting on commodities price gains given the current geopolitical climate.
Funds Europe: More than half of fund managers are still to provide relevant data for ESG products to meet the MiFID II regulatory deadline of August 2, a tech firm claims.
Hedge Week: As hedge funds’ compliance teams get to grips with a byzantine array of plans from market authorities on both sides of the Atlantic, wider economic and political developments are continuing to recalibrate the investment and regulatory environment.
BNN Bloomberg: The Carbon Evolution Fund will trade securities such as California Carbon Allowances and derivatives tied to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and European Union Allowances for emissions, said a person with direct knowledge of the new offering from Kepos Capital.
Wealth Professional: Investors engaged in accomplishing environmental, social, and governance objectives have favoured shareholder activism and divestment as their preferred strategy. However, it may also be beneficial to take short positions on businesses that violate ESG regulations.
BNN Bloomberg: The first was billed as an “impact” investment, the second as an “ESG” investment and the third as “sustainable” investment. In fact, those three BlackRock Inc. mutual funds started out as the same fund—one that was marketed and re-marketed under different names at different times as Wall Street sold the idea of investing with a social purpose.
Private Equity Wire: The fund aims to invest in software, hardware, renewable energy, energy storage, smart buildings, and carbon sequestration technologies to decarbonise the $10.5 trillion real estate industry.
BNN Bloomberg: An ESG fund run by Alken Asset Management Ltd. has outperformed 98% of its peers over the past year after betting on European defense stocks while they were still cheap.
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