T Rowe Price makes hire to boost ESG integration
T Rowe Price has appointed a director of research, responsible investing, as it looks to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into its investment research process.
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EQ Investors’ ESG portfolios join Aviva platform
EQ Investors, the boutique wealth manager launched by Bestinvest founder John Spiers, has announced its range of ESG portfolios are now available on the Aviva platform.
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PA ANALYSIS: Economics of ESG investing driving demand in Europe
A growing number of institutional investors in Europe are embedding ESG analysis in their investment processes in response to regulatory pressure, consumer demand and a rising appetite for new sources of investment signals.
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Baillie Gifford launches Positive Change fund
Baillie Gifford has launched a new ESG fund which will invest in companies setting out to make a “positive change” in the world.
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RLAM to close UK Ethical Equity Fund
Royal London Asset Management is closing its UK Ethical Equity fund after five years, it confirmed today.
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Axa IM signals ESG commitment with McDonald hire
Axa Investment Managers has appointed Kathryn McDonald as head of sustainable investing of its Rosenberg Equities business.
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PA ANALYSIS: In the world of ESG how easy is it being green?
With melting ice caps and dwindling fossil fuel reserves, it’s easy to see why some £87bn of assets have been funnelled into ethical and sustainable funds – but how wary should investors be when opting to put money into these strategies?
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East Capital launches Sustainable Emerging Markets fund
Specialist emerging and frontier markets manager East Capital is to launch a fund investing in socially responsible emerging market companies.
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Fidelity launches ESG world equity fund
Fidelity International has launched the FIRST ESG All Country World Fund, which seeks out companies with a positive environmental, social and governance impact.
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Less than ‘ethical’ funds named and shamed
A hub providing ‘impact investing’ research for advisers has launched a review to name and shame ethical funds with less than squeaky clean portfolios.
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ESG investors hit out at Trump’s Paris Agreement renege
Investors have said that president Trump’s decision to turn his back on the Paris Climate Agreement ignores the economic benefits that renewable energy brings.
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Investment groups reassure as Trump pulls plug on Paris accord
Investment managers have played down Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement, saying the effect on companies will be minimal.
