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    Trustees Face Track Record Challenge with ESG Funds

    2022-08-17

    Professional Pensions: Trustees are facing challenges over the lack of long-term performance track records for sustainable funds as well as issues with the availability of such strategies, latest research finds.

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    ‘Hating ESG’: Advocates Are Looking to Replace the Label

    2022-08-17

    BNN Bloomberg: A number of sustainable investing champions say it’s time for the “ESG” label to be shelved and replaced by something less likely to draw attacks from both the political right and left.

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    Investors Hope to Hurt Firearms and Fossil Fuel Companies by Shunning Them — But Research Shows Divesting Has Little Impact

    2022-08-15

    Institutional Investor: Investors who exclude sin stocks from their portfolios, hoping to hurt these companies’ valuations and access to capital, may be disappointed in the actual impact. 

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    ESG’s ‘Social License’ Will Endure Even If the Letters Don’t

    2022-08-10

    BNN Bloomberg: Much has been written about how Vladimir Putin’s February invasion of Ukraine raised geopolitical questions about why ESG-focused funds were even invested in Russia. Then markets tanked, with many huge ESG funds getting slammed for posting losses worse than those suffered by benchmarks, thanks to their massive holdings in beat-up tech stocks.

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    Northern Trust Asset Management Launches Quantitative ESG Strategy for EMEA and APAC Investors

    2022-08-04

    Business Wire: Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), one of the world’s leading investment managers, has expanded its suite of responsible quantitative investment solutions, with the launch of the NT World Quality ESG Strategy, which has been available for U.S. investors since 2015.

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    Traders Are Big Fans of the ‘G’ in ESG

    2022-08-03

    BNN Bloomberg: There’s been much debate about which letter matters most to investors in the abbreviation ESG. Numerous surveys have been done on the topic, with many concluding that the “E” for environmental carries the most weight. 

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    More Sovereign Wealth Funds Adopt a Formal ESG Policy - Study

    2022-07-27

    U.S. News: Three quarters of the world's sovereign wealth funds now have a formal policy on environmental, social and governance investing, yet just 30% have set a target to reduce carbon emissions across their investments, a study on Wednesday showed.

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    ESG Use by Alternatives Investors Up 10% in Three Years

    2022-07-27

    Private Equity Wire: A clear majority (85%) of investors in alternative investments are integrating ESG criteria into their investment decisions, an increase of 10% points over the last three years, according to new research from LGT Capital Partners.

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    Rewriting the Rules: Key Issues Shaping the Compliance Landscape

    2022-07-26

    Hedge Week: As hedge funds’ compliance teams get to grips with a byzantine array of plans from market authorities on both sides of the Atlantic, wider economic and political developments are continuing to recalibrate the investment and regulatory environment.

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    Quant Manager Mark Carhart to Start Third Climate Hedge Fund

    2022-07-26

    BNN Bloomberg: The Carbon Evolution Fund will trade securities such as California Carbon Allowances and derivatives tied to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and European Union Allowances for emissions, said a person with direct knowledge of the new offering from Kepos Capital. 

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