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    SEC Crackdown on ESG Could Force Fund Managers to More Clearly Define Rules

    2021-09-09

    ESG Channel: U.S. regulators are cracking down on socially responsible investments that track factors like environmental, social, and governance principles for sustainable investing strategies that only appear sustainable in name only.

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    Investment Managers Want Companies with Sustainable Supply Chains

    2021-09-08

    Institutional Asset Manager: The report, published today, assesses supply chain sustainability through the lens of the investment manager. The research found that over eight in 10 (85 per cent) investment managers believe that businesses who do not implement supply chain sustainability initiatives will see share prices fall as a result over the next decade.

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    Wall Street's ESG Loans Charge Corporate America Little for Missed Goals

    2021-09-08

    Financial Post: When American Campus Communities Inc. announced the signing of a $1 billion sustainability-linked credit line in May, its executives decided to take a victory lap.

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    US Institutional Investors Aim to Hire More Diverse Asset Managers Over Next Year

    2021-09-06

    Institutional Asset Manager: The Council on Foundations and Commonfund Institute surveyed 260 private and community foundations and endowments in the US, representing USD115 billion in assets.

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    SEC Chairman Gensler Orders Review of Funds’ ESG Disclosures

    2021-09-02

    BNN Bloomberg: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering more stringent disclosure requirements for investment funds amid concerns that some in the industry are making unfounded ESG claims.

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    Amazon’s Biggest, Hardest-to-solve ESG Issue May Be its Own Workers

    2021-08-29

    CNBC: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos raised a few eyebrows this summer when he returned to Earth after a historic space flight in July and gave a speech thanking company employees and customers, “because you paid for all of this.″

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    DWS Rocked by $1trillion SEC Greenwashing Probe

    2021-08-26

    International Investment: Deutsche Bank AG's asset-management arm, DWS Group, are under investigation by US Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors for allegedly overstating its ESG credentials across its $1tn fund range, according to reports.

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    CSA to Host Roundtable That Tackles Greenwashing

    2021-08-25

    Investment Executive: Amid growing concerns about so-called greenwashing, and other issues arising from the growth of sustainable investing, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is hosting an online roundtable to discuss ESG-related regulatory issues in asset management.

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    Hedge Funds and Private Equity Improve ESG Focus Yet Face Differing Reporting and Monitoring Challenges

    2021-08-25

    Private Equity Wire: Trudi Boardman, Hedge Fund Specialist at Cambridge Associate said that many hedge funds are still in the earlier stages of introducing ESG policies and processes, and that “there’s still a long way to go.”

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    Bain Capital to Create ESG Hedge Fund

    2021-08-24

    Investment News: The firm, which already has a private strategy that makes impact investments, expects to launch the fund by October, according to an investor document viewed by Bloomberg. It will focus on consumer, financial, technology and health care stocks and invest globally in companies with market values exceeding $1 billion. 

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