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    While Slowly Improving, A Lack of Diversity in the Financial Planning Industry Persists

    2022-02-15

    CNBC: Industry leaders have been working to boost diversity, and while progress has been slow, it seems to be bearing some fruit. Still, 83% of certified financial planners in 2021 were white, and 77% were men, according to the CFP Board.

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    Venture Capital Must Embed ESG to Back the Companies of the Future

    2022-02-14

    World Economic Forum: In February, the UN PRI released a discussion paper detailing the development of environmental, social and corporate governance in venture capital, putting the spotlight on the attitudes and outlooks towards ESG among VC firms globally. 

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    ESG Funds Managing $1 Trillion Are Stripped of Sustainable Tag by Morningstar

    2022-02-10

    BNN Bloomberg: ESG funds representing roughly $1 trillion in assets aren’t delivering on their stated environmental, social or governance goals, according to one of the main researchers tracking the market.

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    Investors Raise Their Expectations of ESG Funds

    2022-02-09

    Money Management: With more companies launching sustainable funds, investors have higher expectations on impact and transparency from their fund managers, according to Stewart Investors.

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    Climate Change: Top Companies Exaggerating Their Progress

    2022-02-07

    BBC: Many of the world's biggest companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change, according to a study of 25 corporations. They also routinely exaggerate or misreport their progress, the New Climate Institute report says.

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    Research Affiliates Says ESG Isn’t an Investment Strategy —And That’s a Good Thing

    2022-02-07

    Institutional Investor: Even experts can barely pick up on the differences between the largest environmental, social, and governance indices and traditional cap-weighted benchmarks. 

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    BCI, CPPIB, IMCO and PSP Committing to ESG Standardization in Private Equity

    2022-02-03

    Benefits Canada: More than 100 global institutional investors and asset managers are committing to a project that seeks to standardize environmental, social and governance metrics to provide a mechanism for comparative reporting in the private equity industry.

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    Industry Must Do More to Inspire Female Investors

    2022-02-03

    Funds Europe: Less than a third of women feel they have the confidence to invest some of their money, prompting calls for the industry to look at how they can better engage and inspire women.

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    How the Industry’s Fastest Growing Sector Is Pushing Managers to Change Their Behavior

    2022-01-31

    Institutional Investor: A small, but growing number of asset managers that run environmentally-sustainable funds are no longer simply lobbying for incremental changes like better disclosure. Instead, they’re becoming much more active, engaging and pressuring firms to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and restructure to avert the worst of climate change. 

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    New Report Reveals How VC Firms Can Level the Playing Field for Black Women

    2022-01-26

    Private Equity Wire: Astia, a twenty year old organisation dedicated to levelling the investment playing field through intentional investment in women-led companies, has released the findings from a three-year pilot, which was launched when Astia first uncovered a racial bias within its investment decision-making process.

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