BNN Bloomberg: How can fund managers buy Russian government bonds and shares of state-backed energy giants while claiming to be committed to the highest environmental, social and governance principles?
Private Equity Wire: Actis will continue to invest in critical infrastructure assets which catalyse systemic change and help the world to align to a Net Zero pathway. In order to identify these assets and aid its investment decision-making process, Actis has developed a Transition Tool, which is already successfully used across every Actis investment.
Funds Europe: The research by Oxford Risk found that of those 50%, one in seven investors plan to move 60% or more of their investments to ESG in 2022, following increased focus on ethical and sustainable investing.
BNN Bloomberg: Fund managers touting environmental, social and governance standards held at least $8.3 billion in Russian assets right before President Vladimir Putin launched a war on Ukraine.
Funds Europe: New research by the Impact Investing Institute has revealed the first estimate of the total size of the UK’s impact investment market.
Hedge Week: The SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, has created a forum of alternative investment industry organisations committed to addressing diversity in the alternatives industry.
Evening Standard: Companies involved in the defence industry have recently found themselves shunned by many investors who seek to wear the ESG badge, which signifies investments do right by the environment, society and have high governance standards.
BNN Bloomberg: A study of investor preferences in Denmark has revealed that women are more willing than men to sacrifice returns to uphold environmental, social and governance goals.
Funds Europe: Macquarie Asset Management is facing mounting pressure from campaigners over noise, emissions and air pollution at a UK private airport owned by one of the firm’s infrastructure funds.
Private Equity Wire: New research from Intertrust, a specialist in providing administration services to clients in over 30 jurisdictions, has revealed that CFOs continue to fear cost and resource constraints as client demands grow around ESG, citing those factors as the “biggest obstacles” surrounding ESG integration.
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