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    ESG Litigation is Gaining Momentum

    2022-07-08

    FT Adviser: The term 'ESG' first appeared in a 2004 UN report calling for investment decisions to be made with environmental, social, and governance factors higher in mind.

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    ESG Interest Broadens Across Wider Demographic

    2022-07-07

    Money Management: The common belief that environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing’s popularity is being driven by younger generations including millennials and generation Z is a misconception, according to Pengana.

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    How Russia's War Blindsided the World of ESG Investing

    2022-07-01

    U.S. News: Before Moscow sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, Sberbank, a Kremlin-backed bank already the target of international sanctions, enjoyed higher ratings for environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks than some western lenders.

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    Funds Industry Faces ESG Skills Shortage, Suggests Survey

    2022-06-29

    Funds Tech: The report, conducted in partnership with Caceis and entitled Governance and the Climate Risk Dilemma, found that 72% of respondents believe there is a potential shortage of climate risk specialists.

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    Investment Managers Still Enthusiastic About ESG

    2022-06-27

    ETF Trends: Growth stock weakness is hampering many environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies, including exchange traded funds, but in a positive sign for this investing style, some professional market participants remain constructive on the long-term prospects.

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    Why Private Equity Can Lead on Sustainability

    2022-06-23

    Top 1000 Funds:new HBR paper, “Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability” by Robert Eccles, Vinay Shandal, David Young and Benedicte Montgomery argues how – and why – the private equity must lead on integrating sustainability.

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    Forty Two Percent of AUM Across Private Capital is Managed by Funds That Have an Active ESG Policy

    2022-06-23

    Private Equity Wire: Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, has published its annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report – ESG in Alternatives 2022: The Transparency Tipping Point – which reveals that 42% of AUM across private capital currently, is managed in funds that employ an active ESG policy.

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    LPs Are Turning Down Alternatives Managers Over ESG Concerns

    2022-06-23

    Institutional Investor: A quarter of limited partners surveyed by Preqin said they have turned down an investment opportunity due to concerns over ESG standards, according to the research firm’s latest report on environmental, social, and governance investing, expected to be released. Another 39 percent of limited partners said they are prepared to do the same if necessary.

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    ESG Regulation is Advancing – but Regulators Are Out-of-step

    2022-06-22

    Private Equity Wire: Sustainable finance rules for fund managers are evolving quickly, but there is a risk of global divergence as regulators in Europe, US and UK move ahead with new plans. In a survey of the industry by Private Equity Wire, around eight out of 10 respondents expected ESG to be an area of greater regulatory focus, within a list of other priorities.

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    Top ESG Fund Manager Trounces Peers by Hoarding ‘Unloved’ Assets

    2022-06-22

    BNN Bloomberg: One of this year’s top-performing managers of so-called sustainable funds has relied on assets that aren’t normally associated with environmental, social and governance investing, in a strategy that’s ended up trouncing his peers.

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