Charles Younes: Sustainable and fixed income funds among 2021’s biggest winners so far
17 ESG funds have attained FE Fundinfo’s highest five-crown rating since its last rebalance
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DWS defends ESG credentials amid greenwashing allegations
German asset manager claims it has been transparent in differentiating AUM in ‘ESG Integrated’ and ‘ESG Dedicated’ strategies in annual report
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Growing demand for pick and mix portfolios set to transform MPS market
Trend already playing out in asset management with the rise of direct indexing funds
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Amundi adds pair of bond funds to ESG Improvers range
Global credit and global high yield funds join existing equity funds
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Malcolm McPartlin: ESG ratings are a mess but standardisation is not the answer
Aegon AM manager on the need for rating agencies to be more qualitative in analysis of companies
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Simon Young: Why ESG ratings should not be taken at face value
Investors need to apply common sense and dig into the numbers
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Appetite for thematic funds surges as investors hunt for ESG-friendly solutions
AUM for thematic funds has more than tripled to $595bn over the three years to March 2021, according to Morningstar
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Property fund outflows finally ease in July as ESG highs continue
Redemptions slowed to £94m last month while ESG equity funds welcomed second-best month on record
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Time for investors to step up in fight against climate change
UN’s damning IPCC report found global warming of between 1.5C and 2C will be exceeded in the current century
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Eyes on Boohoo backers as damning report reveals persistent supply chain issues
Five Jupiter funds have punchy positions in fast fashion brand which also features in L&G Growth Trust and Baillie Gifford British Smaller Companies
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Kermitted Asset Management: Home truth
The chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company Kermitted Asset Management reaches for his Farrow and Ball chart to explain a greyish-green area of ESG. Or perhaps greenish-grey
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Aberdeen Standard Investments rolls out three climate change funds
Each fund will offer investors opportunities arising out of the transition towards net zero
