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IPE: Integrating ESG has become commonplace in institutional investment, but generally the discussion has focused on areas such as security selection and stewardship. Relatively little attention has been paid to ESG considerations at the level of strategic asset allocation (SAA), which is often described as a bedrock of institutional portfolios.
Financial Times: What do Aviva, HSBC, Legal & General, Nomura and Northern Trust have in common? They all agreed this year to lobby Silicon Valley’s biggest social media companies about content. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]
Citywire Selector: It seems that every other day there is news about another asset manager integrating ESG into portfolios and almost as frequently an announcement that more ESG analysts have been hired. This is all good progress but raises key questions which haven’t received a much attention: how much does it cost to maintain an expanded roster of ESG staff and are these costs passed on to investors?
Think Advisor: Keep this year in mind: 2044. That’s when MSCI projects there could be a 50/50 gender split on company boards globally. Although that date seems far away (and no doubt some of us won’t be around to witness it), the MSCI’s Women on Boards 2019 Progress Report has found some positive trends.
Reuters: Tens of trillions of global investment dollars are pouring into companies touting robust environmental, social and governance credentials. Now short-sellers spy an opportunity.
Top 1000 Funds: The gender gap in modern day companies begins in the preferences of CEOs developed during seminal years and produces significant real effects including reduced productivity and company performance according to a new academic study.
Financial Times: Many of the world’s biggest investors have long supported calls for companies to spell out their carbon emissions. But a growing number of large asset managers are going a step further, warning they will actively punish board executives at companies that do not improve their pollution disclosure. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]
Opalesque: Probable sexual harassment at fund portfolio management firms is an increasingly important concern for institutional investors as they seek to allocate assets.
Bloomberg: There’s been a lot of attention given lately to ESG investing, but not always a lot of explanation. What the E in ESG stands for is easy to guess -- environmental. The G, governance, is harder to remember but at least is specific. The S on the other hand, is neither easy to guess or pin down: social.
GreenBiz: Alas, sustainability reporting teams, the complex array of frameworks for companies to frame and disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues for external stakeholders won’t become simpler overnight. But the role of different, sometimes competing standards is becoming clearer.
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