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Portfolio Adviser: Adding an ESG term to the name of a fund has “a significant impact” on fund inflows during the five quarters following the name change, according to the latest study published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
Funds Europe: Physical climate risk continues to pose the most serious long-term threat to institutional investors, according to a 2025 climate scenarios study warning that “net zero by 2050 is no longer realistic.”
ESG Today: Germany’s conservative CDU and CSU parties and the center-left SPD announced a deal for the formation of a new government, and released a coalition agreement that includes the immediate elimination of Germany’s human rights and environmental supply chain due diligence law, the Supply Chain Act (LkSG).
ESG News: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the findings of its 2024 Common Supervisory Action (CSA) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures under the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
Funds Europe: The European market for evergreen private markets funds, excluding ELTIFs, continues its steep upward trajectory, with assets under management (AUM) growing from €53.1 billion in Q3 to nearly €63 billion in Q4 2024.
MSN: Deutsche Bank’s asset-management arm DWS Group agreed to pay 25 million euros, equivalent to $27 million, to settle an investigation by German prosecutors into allegations of greenwashing.
ESG News: The European Parliament has voted to adopt the European Commission’s “stop-the-clock” directive, delaying implementation timelines for key sustainability regulations: the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
ESG Dive: JLL, a Fortune 500 real estate and investment management company, has previously executed more than 150 deals and has participated in transactions worth $20 billion in Europe and Asia’s energy and infrastructure capital markets, according to the release.
Portfolio Adviser: Nordea Asset Management (NAM) has reviewed the names of its sustainable funds in line with new guidelines from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The group has added or kept ‘Sustainable’ in the names of 17 Nordea 1 SICAV funds following the review.
MSN: ESG funds in Europe could substantially increase their allocations to the defense industry should existing restrictions be fully removed, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.
