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    Asset Managers with Gender Equality Funds Have Smaller Pay Gaps

    2022-04-21

    Portfolio Adviser: Transparency on gender equality in UK companies has received a much-needed boost from compulsory gender pay gap reporting since 2017, even if the figures themselves have been somewhat stagnant.

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    FCA Sets Board, Executive Diversity Targets

    2022-04-20

    Advisor's Edge: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is adopting final rules that will set board diversity targets for public companies in the United Kingdom.

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    Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Changing ESG Investing

    2022-04-14

    Market Watch: Socially responsible investing in emerging markets was never easy, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has investors reassessing how to rate emerging markets on environmental, social and governance grounds.

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    Russia’s War Bodes Poorly for World’s Resource Struggle: Grantham

    2022-04-07

    BNN Bloomberg: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated already historic demands on the resources that enable global growth, Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of Boston-based asset manager GMO, wrote in a new commentary. 

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    Nearly One in Five Firms Plan to Take No Stand on Russian War

    2022-04-06

    BNN Bloomberg: Almost one in five companies plan to take no stand on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, slightly more than those who have publicized their position on the war, illustrating the reluctance of corporate leaders to speak out on hot-button issues.

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    General Atlantic Appoints Global Head of ESG

    2022-04-05

    Private Equity Wire: Based in London, Gomez will oversee General Atlantic’s strategy to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts at the firm and across its portfolio.

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    Hedge Fund CFM Sees ‘Big Repricing’ for Banks Over Climate Risks

    2022-03-31

    BNN Bloomberg: Capital Fund Management SA is looking more closely at all the ways in which banks’ climate exposure will start to feed into their share prices, as regulators roll out increasingly tough environmental, social and governance rules.

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    Macquarie Asset Management Buys Stake in UK Renewable Energy Developer

    2022-03-31

    MSN: Macquarie Asset Management, part of Macquarie Group, said on Thursday it has agreed to buy a 50% stake in UK-based renewable energy developer Island Green Power for an undisclosed sum.

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    Man GLG Launches Sustainable Water and Circular Economy Fund

    2022-03-31

    Hedge Week: The new fund applies a long-only, actively managed equity thematic investment strategy with a strong sustainability focus. It is designed to generate returns while targeting a positive environmental impact by contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on clean water and sanitation (goal 6); life below water (goal 14); life on land (goal 15); and responsible consumption and production (goal 12).

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    Women Manage Just 2% of UK Funds

    2022-03-29

    Portfolio Adviser: Of all the funds available to investors in the UK, just 214 are run by women. That equates to 2.4%, according to data from Morningstar. Funds whose co-managers are male and female account for 7.5%, meaning 90.1% are run by men.

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