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    Climate Change: Emerging Market Investing and Net Zero Ambitions

    2021-06-17

    Funds Europe: At a recent Funds Europe roundtable, we asked panellists how investment can help emerging markets transition to net zero, considering the hurdles in the way.  

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    'Mediocre' Male Managers Are Stopping Women's Rise

    2021-06-17

    BBC: "Mediocre" male managers are blocking women's development in the finance world because they are better at office politics, new research suggests. Women also said many managers "faked empathy" on diversity, and more direct bosses were easier to work with.

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    A $213 Billion Investor Targets Whole Nation Over Climate Change

    2021-06-16

    BNN Bloomberg: Robeco Institutional Asset Management BV will soon start pressuring Australia to phase out its reliance on coal and other natural resources, as money managers slowly begin targeting governments over climate change.

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    The SEC Defends the Necessity for Immediate New ESG Disclosure Requirements

    2021-06-16

    Global Compliance News: As reported previously, developing new ESG and climate disclosure requirements (including those relating to supply chains impacts) is one of the SEC’s key priorities, and there have been indications that proposed rule-making on the issue may be imminent.

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    Bill Ackman Sent a Text to the CEO of Mastercard. What Happened Next Is a Parable for ESG.

    2021-06-16

    Institutional Investor: A yearlong campaign to hold major companies accountable for online sexual abuse met with little success — until a New York Times article got a hedge fund manager involved.

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    ESG Fund Assets Hit Record $1.4 Trillion in Europe Last Year

    2021-06-16

    BNN Bloomberg: More than half the money that flowed into European funds last year went into sustainable products, according to the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, which represents the region’s biggest fund market.

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    Apollo, Ares and Oaktree to Launch $90 Million Initiative for Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

    2021-06-15

    Business Wire: Apollo Global Management, Inc. (Apollo), Ares Management Corporation (Ares) and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (Oaktree) today announced a 10-year, $90 million, industry-first initiative, “AltFinance: Investing in Black Futures™.” The initiative is designed to diversify the alternative investment industry by attracting, training and providing career opportunities for college students attending three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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    Nordea Caps Flows Into $10 Billion ESG Fund as Demand Soars

    2021-06-10

    BNN Bloomberg: Nordea Asset Management says it’s trying to slow the flow of cash into its global climate fund amid seemingly insatiable demand for clean assets.

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    Investors with $41 Trillion Ask G-7 to Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuels

    2021-06-10

    BNN Bloomberg: A coalition of investors overseeing a combined $41 trillion of assets have called on world leaders to set more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions targets and end support for fossil fuels.DWS Group, Legal and General Investment Management and Pacific Investment Management Co. were among 457 investors that wrote a joint letter to heads of state ahead of the Group of Seven leaders summit that will start on Friday in Cornwall, England. 

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    The UK Pension Industry Needs to Wake Up: Climate Change is Fundamentally an Economic Issue

    2021-06-10

    Institutional Asset Manager: Speaking on a live webcast hosted by pensions and investment advisory firm Isio, Topping, appointed by the UK Government to help drive action on climate change, stressed the responsibility the UK pensions industry has, over the next 10 years, to ensure the pool of GBP3 trillion of UK pension assets is invested sustainably.  

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