Investment Week: DWS has unveiled an equity fund managed exclusively by women that will focus on environmental protection, good corporate governance and fair treatment of employees.
Funds Europe: The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has said that high standards should be met if funds are going to call themselves “sustainable” or use the ESG label.
Financial Times Adviser: The UK investment industry is being buoyed by inflows into ethical funds, according to the latest Investment Association data, with the ESG sector accounting for three quarters of net inflows to UK retail funds in November.
CNBC: The European Union has prompted a furious backlash over plans to label nuclear and gas as “green” investments, with Germany describing the proposal as “greenwashing” and Austria repeating its threat to sue the European Commission.
Institutional Asset Manager: M&G Investments has selected Bloomberg Data Management Services (DMS) to host the acquisition and management of its ESG data, enabling seamless integration of the data into the investment process.
BNN Bloomberg: Europe needs to clarify what constitutes a sustainable investment product, as current rules aren’t clear, according to a group of investors, academics and consumers convened to advise on regulations.
Yahoo Finance: The firm’s UK Companies Fund, which manages 152 million pounds ($205 million), will become the Invesco Sustainable UK Companies Fund at the end of the month and add environmental, social and governance factors to its investment decisions, according to a statement on its website.
Institutional Asset Manager: PGIM Real Estate has strengthened its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, with the addition of Julie Townsend as ESG lead for Europe and Asia Pacific, based in London and effective immediately.
BNN Bloomberg: Europe’s main investment management association says U.S. and U.K. hedge funds will need to meet a higher ESG reporting bar than many in the industry had expected, if they want to continue selling to clients in the EU.
BNN Bloomberg: An obscure rule covering environmental, social and governance investing in Europe has prompted hedge-fund managers in the U.S. and U.K. to turn to their lawyers.
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