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    U.S. Regulators Warn Climate Change Is a Threat to Financial Stability

    2021-10-21

    Yahoo Finance: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday led a panel of top federal regulators in judging climate change to be an “emerging threat” to the nation’s financial stability, releasing tentative recommendations for how agencies should begin preparing to contain the risk.

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    Goldman Sachs Hires New Head of ESG Real Estate for Europe, Asia

    2021-10-21

    BNN Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s asset management arm has hired Marit van Rheenen from Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. in a newly created role leading the firm’s ESG efforts for real estate in Europe and Asia.

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    Investors Recognise Climate Responsibility but Ambivalence to Act Remains

    2021-10-21

    Funds Europe: Responsible investing is not important when making decisions about their portfolio, according to half of those questioned by Embark in its latest Investor Confidence Barometer research. 

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    ESG Securitization Is Next Frontier for Europe’s Finance Lobby

    2021-10-20

    BNN Bloomberg: Europe is neglecting a key financial investing tool in its efforts to promote sustainable capital flows, according to the association representing the region’s biggest banks and asset managers.

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    Climate Change Needs to Be Tackled Like COVID-19, Says BlackRock Boss

    2021-10-20

    The Sydney Morning Herald: The chief executive of the world’s largest asset manager has called on governments globally to treat climate change with the same urgency as COVID-19 by supporting private capital investment in new technologies, but warned capitalism alone could not solve this crisis.

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    Capital Group Finds ESG Hampered by Lack of Consistency in Reporting

    2021-10-20

    Investment Week: Some 53% of investors globally say they are held back from integrating ESG data into their investment decision-making process due to a lack of consistency in ESG scores, a study by Capital Group has found.

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    Senators Urge SEC to Adopt Measures to Make $70 Trillion Asset Management Field More Diverse

    2021-10-18

    Yahoo Finance: U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and nearly two dozen other lawmakers called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement measures that could increase racial and gender diversity in the $70 trillion asset management field.

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    Investment Firms Must Do More to Demonstrate Their Social Impact, CFA Warns

    2021-10-14

    Funds Europe: The investment industry must do more to showcase opportunities for graduates to make a difference in society, the CFA Institute has warned.

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    Pandemic and Climate Change Are Biggest Deal Blockers In Next 12 Months, Say UK Dealmakers

    2021-10-14

    Private Equity Wire: UK dealmakers are equally convinced that the biggest threats to completing deals in the next 12 months will be issues stemming from the pandemic and climate change.

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    Hedge Funds Diversifying Their Strategies, But Slower to Adopt AI and ESG, Says EisnerAmper Survey

    2021-10-14

    HedgeWeek: While long/short and global macro strategies continue to be hedge funds’ bread and butter, one-third of respondents to a new survey of 184 alternative investment professionals by advisory and accounting firm EisnerAmper expect LPs to increase investment allocation to event-driven in the next 12 months, followed by credit (25 per cent) and quant (17 per cent).

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