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Moody's Analytics: Companies that develop more responsible Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices and strive to mitigate ESG risks experience fewer ESG-related controversies and generate better shareholder returns. These are the key findings of two new research studies released by Moody’s Analytics showing that ESG risk management policies and actions, and the ESG scores that measure them, contain financially relevant information for investors.
Globe Newswire: Brookfield announced that it has reached the final institutional close for the Brookfield Global Transition Fund (“BGTF” or “the Fund”) with total capital raised of $15 billion, making it the world’s largest private fund dedicated to facilitating the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The $15 billion includes investments from institutional investors in and alongside the Fund, as well as amounts reserved for the private wealth channel.
Business Wire: Private equity fund managers are prioritizing impact funds and ESG above new deals, directing money to ESG commitments. According to BDO’s Spring 2022 Private Capital Pulse Survey, 50% say they will direct the most capital toward setting up impact funds or investing in targets with ESG-focused themes.
Yahoo News: With ESG being increasingly maligned these days from both the inside and the outside, some of the industry’s early devotees say it’s time for a course correction. Jerome Dodson, the retired founder of one of the world’s largest ESG-focused investing firms, said a dedicated watchdog is needed to help police marketing claims.
BNN Bloomberg: Investment clients are demanding more evidence that ESG asset managers can deliver on their promises, amid a steady stream of criticism that the industry is on the wrong track.
Investment Week: Of the five countries surveyed (the United Arab Emirates, UK, Singapore, Switzerland and Australia), the UK and Switzerland were leading the way, both with 16.2% of hedge fund leadership in those countries being female.
FT Adviser: Some 35 per cent of 2,000 people surveyed said they expect their adviser to understand environmental, social and governance, with a further 23 per cent anticipating their adviser will bring ESG investing into financial planning discussions.
ESG Clarity: Asset managers are not providing their audiences with the information they want when it comes to sustainable investing, a Peregrine Communications study has once again found.
Institutional Investor: In a joint survey between Chestnut Advisory Group and Pensions & Investments, 32 percent of institutional investor respondents and only 8 percent of asset manager respondents said they were happy with the current level of diversity at their firms.
Yahoo News: UK hedge funds that are led by women perform slightly better than those led by men, which could be beneficial to the finance industry in the long term, a new study suggests. Britain has the highest proportion of female leaders at hedge funds compared to the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Singapore and Switzerland, according to research from trading platform IG Prime.
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