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    Sustainable Debt, ESG Markets Turn Frosty In 2022

    2022-12-15

    Financial Advisor: In the past five years, the world’s sustainable finance markets have expanded from niche products a decade ago, to more than one and half trillion dollars of bonds and loans issued last year. Investors have also allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to ESG-focused equity and debt exchange-traded funds.

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    Why Do Investors Need to Look At ESG Risks Before Any Capital Investment?

    2022-12-11

    The Times of India: The ESG risks of an investment can have a significant impact on the performance and value. Investors need to look at these risks before capital investment.

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    ESG-Focused Funds Shrug Off Criticism, Survey Says

    2022-12-08

    ETF: Exchange-traded fund companies are issuing more environmental, social and governance-focused funds, despite pushback from politicians and investors who claim the label is restrictive and crimps returns, a survey has found. 

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    Bankers Face ESG Risk With Potential to Upend Deals, Study Shows

    2022-12-07

    BNN Bloomberg: Investment bankers working on mergers and acquisitions need to review their due diligence processes to ensure deals aren’t upended by an evolving set of ESG risks, according to Berkeley Research Group.

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    Big ESG Funds Are Doing Worse Than the S&P 500

    2022-12-07

    Yahoo Finance: Funds linked to environmental, social and governance principles are by definition supposed to minimize risks tied to those three factors. In 2022, the approach did little to help protect investors from the brutal slide in the financial markets.

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    Number of Climate Funds Hits New Highs

    2022-12-01

    ESG Clarity: After talks at COP27 barely kept the 1.5 warming limit alive and ended with reiterated calls to accelerate climate action, we take stock of the ever-expanding options available to investors looking to reduce climate-related risks in their portfolios and/or take advantage of opportunities arising from the transition.

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    In Search of Alpha Through ESG in the Private Markets

    2022-11-29

    Forbes: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have become a significant focus across the financial markets. However, much of the commentary and focus have been on ESG in the public markets. In reality, ESG is just as much of a focus in the private markets as well.

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    Investors Expect to Hold Hedge Fund Allocations Steady, but Credit to Benefit the Most

    2022-11-22

    Forbes: With so much volatility in the markets, investors have been left with virtually nowhere to hide, but hedge funds have demonstrated how they can protect capital during periods of upheaval. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index is down 5% year to date through October, compared to the S&P 500's decline of 17%.

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    Alternative Asset Managers Perform Well Amid Added Pressures

    2022-11-17

    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.

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    Fund Managers Are Basing Bets on ‘Artificially Low’ ESG Scores

    2022-11-23

    BNN Bloomberg: A lack of reliable ESG data in emerging markets is proving a boon for some of the heavyweights of global finance.

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