Investment Week: The UK's top climate funds are on course to contribute to a 4.5°C temperature rise by 2050, despite laying out net zero strategies, research from fintech Clim8 has found. Green' funds too are contributing to the climate crisis, pushing temperature rises past 3°C, according to Clim8.
Hedge Week: About a third of hedge funds invest in ESG-dedicated strategies leading to investment demand being considered a ‘primary driver’ in improving ESG, research from BNP Paribas shows. One-fifth of investors plan to increase this in 2022 and a further 23 per cent are considering an investment.
Nasdaq: Environmental activists briefly disrupted BNP Paribas' BNPP.PA annual shareholder meeting in Paris, accusing France's largest listed bank of being Europe's main financing partner for the fossil energies sector.
U.S. News: HSBC Holdings said on it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 months.
BNN Bloomberg: A Dutch investment firm with $118 billion under management has started blacklisting a number of assets from China, after developing a new screening tool to catch environmental, social and governance risks.
Hedge Week: 7/10 of UK adults, with at least one investment outside of their pension, say they would be more likely to choose an investment in a fund or organisation if they knew it was having a positive social or environmental impact, according to research from Big Society Capital.
BNN Bloomberg: Spain’s Seaya Ventures, which has invested in more unicorns than any other venture capital fund in the country, is raising a new fund focused on the sustainable economy and the energy transition.
Business Wire: Calvert Research and Management (Calvert), a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, today announced the European launch of a suite of responsible investing strategies focused on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors.
IFA: Two-thirds of UK retail investors (66%) do not mind whether their investments are sustainable, according to the latest Investment Forces research from Charles Schwab UK. These investors are only focused on maximising returns.
Institutional Asset Manager: AXA Investment Managers is expanding its range of impact investing funds with the launch of a new listed equity strategy aimed at preventing biodiversity loss and preserving ecosystems.
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