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    BlackRock Debuts Ad Campaign to Burnish Image as It Faces ESG Scrutiny

    2022-06-06

    BNN Bloomberg:  BlackRock Inc., facing political scrutiny over its stance on environmental, social and governance investing and its outsize influence in business, is on a mission to re-introduce itself to Washington.

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    African Pension Funds Lead the Way on ESG

    2022-06-02

    African Business: Discussion on attracting much-needed investment into Africa has generally focused on non-African sources: foreign firms, multilateral financial institutions and non-African institutional investors. Yet far greater attention is now being paid to investment funds based within the continent itself. 

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    ESG Market in Canada Faces Greenwashing Risks Due to Poor Data

    2022-06-02

    BNN Bloomberg: The poor quality of sustainability-related data is making it harder for market experts in Canada to establish the real effect of investments labeled as green, according to a survey by the Institute for Sustainable Finance.

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    ESG Equity Funds Experienced Record Month of Outflows in May

    2022-06-01

    BNN Bloomberg: After more than three years of inflows, investors are now pulling cash out of US equity exchange-traded funds with higher environmental, social and governance standards. May saw $2 billion of outflows from ESG equity funds, according to data from Bloomberg Intelligence -- the biggest monthly cash pullback ever.

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    Green Still Grey Area for ESG Investors Despite Mounting Scrutiny by Watchdogs in U.S. and Canada

    2022-06-01

    Financial Post: Regulators in Canada and the United States are pushing ESG funds to disclose more information to weed out “greenwashing” and other misleading practices, but a lack of standardized terms and metrics mean those buying the funds must still be wary, investor advocates say.

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    CEO of Deutsche Bank's Asset Manager Steps Down After 'Greenwashing' Raid

    2022-06-01

    CNN Business: The chief executive of top German asset manager DWS will step down next week, he said on Wednesday, a day after raids by prosecutors over allegations that the company misled investors about "green" investments.

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    China Unveils ESG Reporting Program in Bid to Catch Global Peers

    2022-05-31

    BNN Bloomberg: A new set of voluntary guidelines for Chinese companies to report environmental, social and governance metrics take effect Wednesday, offering a glimpse of what mandatory disclosures might eventually look like in the country.

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    Churchill Appoints Head of Sustainability and ESG Integration

    2022-05-31

    Private Equity Wire: Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist of Nuveen which provides customised financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, has appointed Mickey Weatherston as principal, head of sustainability and ESG Integration.

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    ESG Backlash Has Fund Clients Demanding Proof It Works

    2022-05-31

    BNN Bloomberg: Investment clients are demanding more evidence that ESG asset managers can deliver on their promises, amid a steady stream of criticism that the industry is on the wrong track.

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    Singapore’s Menon Calls for Urgency to Act on Climate Change

    2022-05-31

    BNN Bloomberg: The head of Singapore’s central bank called on global peers to show urgency in greening financial markets and pursuing policies that help the world achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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