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Five ways to integrate ESG into investments
The days of treating ESG and sustainability matters as “extra curricular” are numbered and will be the differentiator for investments in the future, according to Legg Mason affiliates. Click through the slides below to find out five ways to integrate ESG into investments.
NN IP to launch ESG products with ChinaAMC
NN Investment Partners and China Asset Management have partnered to launch ESG integrated fund products.
Emerging market debt | 19 Apr 18
JP Morgan unveils ESG fixed income index
Blackrock has helped JP Morgan create a new fixed income index for emerging market issuers with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
Numbers are not enough to select funds
Spanish fund selector Celia Benedé Miranda delves into whether numbers really matter when it comes to fund selection.
iShares gun-free ETFs fail to reach Europe
European investors in a number of iShares ETFs remain exposed to guns as Blackrock responds to the recent school shooting tragedy in Florida in its US range through the launch of firearm-free products.
Expert Investor launches ESG site
Expert Investor has launched a website showcasing its inaugural ESG Congress in Berlin which brought together top fund selectors who discussed the challenges and the importance of the sector.
Emerging Market Equities | 20 Mar 18
SRI is not the same as ESG
While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have become an inherent part of risk management, socially responsible investment (SRI) products are, by comparison, designed to meet the demand of specific investors, according to Aberdeen Standard’s William Scholes.
Corporate Bonds | 12 Mar 18
BMO launches Euro corporate bond fund
BMO Global Asset Management has expanded its socially-responsible fund range with the launch of a Euro corporate bond fund.
Funds rebadging as ESG reaches new heights
Asset managers are increasingly repurposing underperforming funds into ESG products to jump on the sustainable investing trend, but an announcement this week from Franklin Templeton Investments has taken the process to new heights as it repositions a global equities fund into a thematic climate change product.
Ethical exclusions lower Norway’s sovereign fund returns
Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund has returned 1.6 percentage points less on an annualised basis over the last 12 years because it excluded some stocks on ethical grounds.
