Uptick in social bonds during pandemic set to continue
Covid-19 has sped up the growth of social financing with $224bn of social bonds issued in 2021
ESG
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Geeta Aiyer: Making gender visible to investors
Gender has so far been largely absent from conversations on global investor action but that must change
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Dewi John: Living through interesting times
ESG and the risk of rising inflation look set to reprise their roles as major investment themes in the coming year
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Guy Monson: Big changes, big challenges
Can the remarkably sanguine reaction of world markets to recent economic challenges realistically continue?
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LGIM shines spotlight on exec pay as it tells companies to stop wasting its time
‘Investors have put in strenuous efforts to engage and their feedback seems to have fallen on deaf ears’
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Can grassroot ESG movements do more than COP26?
‘Grassroot can achieve a lot in creating pressure for governments and economic actors’
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Looking beyond COP26: Home truths on biodiversity
Encouraging biodiversity and the preservation of habitats will be as important to the health of the planet as halting climate change
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Ben Goss on risk: Weighing the ESG trade-off
Advisers can feel increasingly confident about meeting investor preferences on sustainability without having to rethink their suitability criteria
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Richard de Lisle: Why we can’t go green without nuclear
VT De Lisle America fund manager thinks nuclear can fill the gap between supply and demand that renewables alone cannot
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Newton poaches Ninety One’s global sustainable boss
Appointment comes months after Andrew Parry’s exit to JOHCM was announced
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SJP swaps Blackrock for State Street as it takes £14bn global equity fund green
Fund to swap benchmark, have higher proportion of actively managed assets and target lower carbon footprint
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Kermitted Asset Management: Scotch mist
The chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company Kermitted Asset Management is at COP26 in body. As for spirit, well, that is more in him
