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    LGIM Unveils ESG-Focused Emerging Markets Bond Fund

    2023-11-06

    Funds Europe: Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has announced the debut of the L&G Future World ESG Emerging Markets Government Bond Local Currency Index Fund.

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    Rockefeller Asset Management Launches ESG Equity Ucits Fund For European Investors

    2023-11-02

    Funds Europe: Rockefeller Asset Management has expanded the range of ESG-focused investment solutions available to non-US investors by launching an equity Ucits fund.

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    Middle East Conflict Brings Focus on Weapons Investing for ESG Managers

    2023-11-02

    Wealth Professional: The onset of the Israel Hamas war has reminded many investors of the business of warfare. Shares of defence companies have shot up.

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    Schroders Launches Two Sustainability-Focused Equity Funds

    2023-11-02

    Funds Europe: Asset manager Schroders has launched two global equity funds aiming to  "help navigate sustainability challenges facing the planet" as a part of its Global Transformation Range of funds.

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    ESG Catapults Reputational Risk Into The Top Five, Willis Towers Watson Reports

    2023-11-01

    Yahoo Finance: With ESG concerns rising to the top of corporate agendas, organizations are increasingly aware of the potential cost of reputational damage.

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    Man Group Buys Majority Stake In Impact Investing Asset Manager

    2023-11-01

    ESG Clarity: Man Group has bought a 51% stake in Geneva-based impact asset manager Asteria Investment Managers. The other 49% is held by Fideuram-Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, in a new partnership.

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    Top Banks Failed to Disclose Finance Shares Directed to Climate Solutions

    2023-10-31

    Mint: Financial institutions are underestimating the most significant climate-related risks –with a potential financial impact of $1 trillion. Out of the 26 biggest banks in the world, none have disclosed the total share of finance directed towards climate solutions in their most recent year of reporting, according to a study of Transition Pathway Initiative Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre). 

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    FCA Warns Some ESG-Labelled Passives ‘Completely Misleading’ – Report

    2023-10-25

    ETF Stream: Speaking at the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) London conference last week, Mhairi Jackson, policy lead in asset management at the FCA, said the regulator was having to “push back” against some asset managers' attempts to label themselves as ESG, Reuters reported.

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    Companies Are Slowly Realizing Their Banks Are Adding To Their Carbon Emissions

    2023-10-25

    GreenBiz: Shortly after Vince Digneo joined Palo Alto Networks as head of sustainability, climate and clean energy in July 2021, he launched a review of its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosure practices.

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    A $6 Trillion ESG Headache Is Bleeding Into Fund Flows

    2023-10-25

    Yahoo Finance: Asset managers are sitting on roughly $6 trillion of funds registered as Article 8, which is a European Union classification requiring that environmental, social and good governance goals be “promoted.”

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