EU’s SFDR rules are a taste of things to come
While the first round of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation has been broadly welcomed by responsible investors, there are also concerns it is vague and imprecise in places
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Investors deliver post-mortem on Deliveroo’s IPO flop
Timing at the top of the tech boom and punchy valuation may have dented interest alongside food delivery firm’s questionable employment practices
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Elizabeth Meyer: Climate change is also a social issue
Investors should encourage a ‘just transition’ so everyone shares in the benefits of shifting to a low-carbon world
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Are green bonds the route to sustainable fixed income?
Green bond issuance hit cumulative $1trn milestone last December
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Vanguard boosts ESG offering with global equity ETF
Launch represents firm’s fifth Ucits ESG fund as it plays catch-up in responsible investing
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Announcing the Global ESG Summit in partnership with UNCDF
Portfolio Adviser and other Last Word Media and Bonhill titles are running a global event across four time zones on 27 May
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Kermitted Asset Management: When David is Goliath
Incredible as it may seem, the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company Kermitted Asset Management has historically been at the sharp end of equal opportunities employment
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ASI taps M&G to bolster private markets ESG expertise
Manuela Fumarola joins the firm as ESG manager across its private equity, real estate and infrastructure assets
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Passive funds leave active in the dust as net inflows surge to $23.5bn in two years
Investors are behaving like fund managers by trading active funds opportunistically and ‘buying and holding’ index trackers
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David Katimbo-Mugwanya: Prudent investors are preparing for higher inflation
Video: Edentree senior fund manager on inflation, ESG opportunities from the pandemic and the ‘green’ budget
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What does impact investing really mean?
Watch the first of three highlight videos from the Wellington Management Roundtable on impact investing in fixed income.
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Budget 2021: How Rishi Sunak plans on delivering a ‘green industrial revolution’
Chancellor announced an array of initiatives to ‘build back better’ in Wednesday’s budget