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Wealth Professional: Three quarters of institutional investors feel that their alternative asset managers have met or exceeded performance expectations during a challenging and volatile market period.
BNN Bloomberg: A lack of reliable ESG data in emerging markets is proving a boon for some of the heavyweights of global finance.
S&P Global: Private equity and venture capital-backed deals in the energy efficiency sector totaled $31.79 billion across 280 deals worldwide as of Nov. 14, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.
PitchBook: While private equity firms aren't required to disclose their environmental, social, and governance practices, they have increased their transparency voluntarily over the last two decades, and it has led to better returns for investors.
Harvard Business Review: The largest mainstream institutional investors and the rating agencies that serve them now say they consider high quality Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) practices by corporations to be necessary for sustainable, long-term wealth creation—a position that has generated academic and political controversy.
Financial Post: Environmental concerns have dominated the conversation when it comes to ESG risks, but the growing focus on the “social” component is prompting a search for ways to better assess corporate performance on issues ranging from diversity to employee mental health to human rights.
Funds Europe: Russell Investments' latest ESG survey indicated that data limitations and non-standardised reporting frameworks constitute the biggest challenges for investment managers.
BNN Bloomberg: A Bloomberg News survey of ESG-related issues found that 53% of 550 Terminal users want more rules to help them tackle environmental issues. The picture varies across regions, with Europeans more in favor of extra regulations than Americans, while both regions gave green issues priority over social or governance matters. In Asia, where efforts to regulate ESG are trailing those in Europe and the US, a majority of survey respondents wanted more rules across the board.
The Globe and Mail: As environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues factor into more investment decisions, critics say one element is often overlooked: the human rights records of businesses.
ESG Clarity: The global financial system is not fit for purpose and will need a “bold change” in order to combat the climate crisis, the CEO of Aviva Investors, Mark Versey has said.
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