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    How Investors Can Identify ‘Policy Black Swans’ in China and Elsewhere

    2021-08-18

    Institutional Investor: When it comes to environmental, social, and governance investing, regional context is imperative, according to Rayliant Global Advisors’ founder Jason Hsu.

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    ‘Don’t Think About ESG Simply As a Reporting Exercise,’ Advises Former SSGA Asset Stewardship Head

    2021-08-18

    IR Magazine: Getting started on the ESG process, picking a framework and how much IR professionals really need to know about ESG: Matt DiGuiseppe, head of Diligent’s ESG Center of Excellence talks ESG reporting.

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    Cohen & Steers Appoints Khalid Husain as Head of ESG

    2021-08-17

    Cision: Cohen & Steers, Inc., a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, announced today that Khalid Husain has joined the firm as Senior Vice President and Head of ESG.

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    Looking Beyond the Numbers for Sustainable Investing

    2021-08-17

    Investor Daily: The demand from investors for robust sustainable investment products and funds is accelerating. A Moody’s Investors Service report highlights the rapid rise in the demand for sustainable funds with a record 140 per cent increase in 2020.

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    Why PSP Investments Is Good at ESG

    2021-08-16

    Institutional Investor: Pension funds that develop environmental, social, and governance frameworks without government interference tend to have an easier time incorporating those programs into their investment process. 

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    How Activist Hedge Funds Went from Corporate Raiders to Climate Heroes

    2021-08-13

    Fast Company: When upstart activist hedge fund Engine No. 1 secured three seats on the board of Exxon­Mobil in June, it was a high-­profile repudiation of the way the country’s largest oil company has long conducted business: with a laser focus on returns and a blind eye to its impact on the world at large.

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    CUNY Teams with Bloomberg LP, Centerbridge and Goldman Sachs to Launch ‘CUNY Futures in Finance’

    2021-08-12

    Bloomberg: The City University of New York today announced the creation of CUNY Futures in Finance, a comprehensive workforce development initiative to cultivate and train CUNY students for careers in the financial industry.

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    For Buffett, Berkshire, Beating BlackRock ESG May Be As Hard As Beating S&P 500

    2021-08-09

    CNBC: Berkshire Hathaway is one of the best-run public companies of the 20th century, with the financial performance to prove it. But as the 21st century brings a new generation of investors shifting from pure shareholder capitalism to the stakeholder capitalism aligned with environmental, social and governance mandates, is Warren Buffett’s company positioned to be an ESG leader or laggard?

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    New Hedge Fund Aligns High-Quality Businesses with ESG Factors

    2021-08-10

    Opalesque: A new manager located near Boston has just launched a long/short ESG hedge fund with a strong focus on company business models and innovation, combined with ESG factors - following the belief that it is a myth that one must sacrifice returns to invest alongside their values.

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    JPM AM Launches US Sustainable Fund for AA-rated Manager

    2021-08-09

    Citywire Selector: JPM AM has expanded its range of US equity funds with a sustainability-focused strategy, the firm has announced.

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