ESG assets on course to surpass $50trn by 2025
Bloomberg Intelligence predicts sustainable ETFs and debt will continue to drive AUM higher
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Board diversity tops list of concerns for Blackrock Investment Stewardship
Asset manager voted against 975 companies globally for lack of diversity at board level
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LGT Vestra adds ASI fund selector to sustainable MPS team
Matthew Wiles was previously a manager of the ASI MyFolio Sustainable fund range
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Edentree targets advisers with responsible multi-asset range
Lack of ‘track-record’ with these types of products not an issue, according to one adviser
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Asset managers’ net zero pledge not enough to combat climate risks
‘There is too much focus on the destination and too little focus on the journey’
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Gresham House Energy Storage raises £100m in oversubscribed placing
Funds will go toward financing four battery energy storage systems projects
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Tim Cockerill: Is hydrogen the final piece of the decarbonisation jigsaw?
It is early days for hydrogen as a viable power and fuel source but the potential economic and investment advantages are already clear
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UK regulators take action to boost diversity in financial sector
Paper suggests regulated reporting on diversity data, targets linked to remuneration and adjusted approaches to succession planning
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Lack of regional ESG products causing ‘unintended risks’ in managed funds
Janus Henderson duo says dearth of regional products forces investors to use global strategies which can add ‘biases and concentration’ risk
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41 firms join Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
$43trn in assets now represented by the initiative – nearly half all funds managed globally in the asset management sector
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Scrapped Liontrust ESG Trust launch reflects challenging environment for fund raisings
Other high profile trusts like Tellworth British Recovery & Growth and Buffettology Smaller Companies have also failed to get off the ground
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Liontrust ESG Trust IPO cancelled
Firm not proceeding with launch as fund raising fails to meet £100m target
