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    Anti-woke Strategies Emerge as Flipside of ESG

    2021-12-22

    InvestmentNews: As the asset management industry continues to fall over itself rolling out products tapping into the growing appeal of various environmental, social and governance causes, signs of new life are emerging in an anti-ESG niche category.

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    Hedge Funds in the U.S. and U.K. Are Told to Meet ESG Rule for EU Sales

    2021-12-22

    BNN Bloomberg: Europe’s main investment management association says U.S. and U.K. hedge funds will need to meet a higher ESG reporting bar than many in the industry had expected, if they want to continue selling to clients in the EU.

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    Why Green Stocks Are Slumping During an ESG Boom

    2021-12-22

    BNN Bloomberg: Despite a drop in clean-energy stocks and intensifying concerns about widespread greenwashing, the market for investment products sold as being ESG-related had another record year by most yardsticks.

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    PGIM Unveils Strategic Income ESG Fund

    2021-12-21

    Institutional Asset Manager: Managed by PGIM Fixed Income – one of the largest fixed income managers in the world, with USD964 billion in assets under management – the new PGIM Strategic Income ESG Fund is a flexible, ESG-integrated multi-sector bond strategy, with a focus both on income generation and capital appreciation.

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    Hedge Funds Hit by ‘Onerous’ ESG Rule Turn to Lawyers for Help

    2021-12-20

    BNN Bloomberg: An obscure rule covering environmental, social and governance investing in Europe has prompted hedge-fund managers in the U.S. and U.K. to turn to their lawyers.

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    Bridgewater Launches Rising Fellows Program to Help Expand Investment Industry Diversity

    2021-12-20

    Cision: Bridgewater Associates ("Bridgewater"), a global leader in institutional portfolio management and the largest hedge fund in the world, today announced the launch of a new Rising Fellows program to expand access to the financial services industry for students in their first year of university and help build a more diverse pool of future investment talent.

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    Outlook 2022: What is Next for ESG as the Dust Settles on COP26?

    2021-12-20

    Investment Week: Over the last decade, ESG has gone from fringe to mainstream. Investors and companies have seen increased regulation, demands for transparency and a quest for standards all while tackling greenwashing.

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    ESG Disclosures Are Becoming the Standard

    2021-12-17

    Institutional Asset Manager: The largest US companies are disclosing their environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies at historically high levels, according to Corporate Governance Outlook 2022, a new report from Equilar, which features commentary from Orrick and DFIN.

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    Sustainability Will Send Some Broke: Research

    2021-12-17

    Financial Standard: In a new research note, MFS global investment strategist Robert Almeida and research analyst Robert Wilson shared insights on the problematic side of the global push towards sustainability.

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    Goldman Sachs Unveils New Plan to Slash Its Financed Emissions

    2021-12-16

    BNN Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to reduce the carbon footprint of its fossil-fuel clients by a fifth, and slash emissions in other key customer groups as it acts on a pledge to make its business climate neutral by mid-century.

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