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    Global Alliance Launches ESG Book to Shape the Future of ESG Data

    2021-12-02

    Institutional Asset Manager: A global alliance of financial institutions, investors and businesses have announced the launch of ‘ESG Book’, a new central source for accessible and digital corporate sustainability information, with the aim of shaping the future of ESG data.

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    The ESG Market Is Controlled by a Few Big Investors

    2021-12-01

    BNN Bloomberg: About $120 billion flowed into these funds in 2021 as investors increase their bets on companies deemed to have the highest environmental, social and governance credentials.

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    ESG-Focused Hedge Fund Launched by Canada Market Veterans

    2021-11-30

    BNN Bloomberg: A group of government and markets veterans have started a hedge fund that will invest only in companies that promote positive environmental, social and governance policies -- and bet against those that fail to do so.

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    59 Percent of Businesses Lose Work Due to Poor ESG Performance

    2021-11-29

    Institutional Asset Manager: Just under three out of five businesses says they have lost out on work as a result of ESG issues within their own company. A total of 59 per cent of senior executives across eight global sectors revealed that poor ESG performance is hitting their company hard.

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    Can Crypto be Green?

    2021-11-26

    Regulation Asia: When Elon Musk tweeted in May that Tesla would no longer accept vehicle payments made using Bitcoin due to the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions”, the debate around the environmental sustainability of cryptocurrencies reignited.

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    France Appoints Amundi's Perrier to Head Financial Sector Climate Commission

    2021-11-25

    Nasdaq: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in a statement that he has asked Amundi's AMUN.PA Chief Executive Officer Yves Perrier to head a coordination commission for the financial industry's climate change efforts.

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    Top Asset Owners’ USD23 Trillion the Real Key to Unlocking Net Zero

    2021-11-23

    Institutional Asset Manager: The world’s 100 largest asset owners (AO100) grew by 15.7 per cent last year to reach USD23.5 trillion, according to new research from the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI).

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    HSBC Launches Indexes That Screen Firms for Biodiversity Risk

    2021-11-23

    BNN Bloomberg: Investors looking for ESG strategies have been handed a new group of indexes promising to focus on biodiversity by excluding companies that are found to pose a threat to nature.

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    BlueBay Launches New ESG-focused Multi-Asset Credit Fund

    2021-11-23

    Hedge Week: The BlueBay Total Return Diversified Credit ESG Fund enables fixed income investors to gain an exposure to the firms ‘best ideas’ through an ESG lens across global high yield, bank loans, financial capital bonds, structured credit, Convertible bonds, emerging markets and developed market investment grade.

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    The Challenge for Asset Managers In the Climate Crisis

    2021-11-23

    Investor Daily: For all the wrangling over targets and commitments at COP26 in Glasgow this month, one thing is clear: the transition to a net-zero economy will require vast investment over the next few decades – and the asset management industry will be responsible for much of it.

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