ESG

  • JP Morgan launches new ESG platform

    JP Morgan launches new ESG platform

    JP Morgan has launched the JP Morgan Ethos Investments platform, providing exposure to institutional investors looking for ESG products.

  • Rise of passives risks diminishing shareholder influence

    Rise of passives risks diminishing shareholder influence

    Three-fifths of UK and European institutional investors expect the rise of passive investment vehicles to have a negative impact on shareholder engagement, reported the latest paper in the Hermes Investment Management Responsible Capitalism survey.

  • PA ANALYSIS: Wealth managers ignore ESG investing at their peril

    PA ANALYSIS: Wealth managers ignore ESG investing at their peril

    The rising tide of regulation and ever increased scrutiny on fees has meant that scale is ever more important for wealth managers.

  • Nuveen and TCAM bring ESG funds to UK market

    Nuveen and TCAM bring ESG funds to UK market

    Nuveen Investments and TIAA-CREF Asset Management have made two environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds available to non-U.S. investors including those in the UK via UCITS vehicles.

  • Unpicking the four biggest current consensus calls

    Unpicking the four biggest current consensus calls

    Investec Wealth and Investments’ Nick Sketch interrogates some of the biggest consensus trades in the market right now looking for both problems and potential.

  • Picking winners by avoiding the poorly governed

    Picking winners by avoiding the poorly governed

    Environmental and social issues have less of an impact on shareholder returns than whether or not a company is well governed, says Hermes.

  • Hermes jumps into the ethical investing fray

    Hermes jumps into the ethical investing fray

    Managed by Geir Lode, head of Hermes global equities, the fund will target a return of 3% above its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, on a three-year rolling average basis by “investing in companies with favourable ESG characteristics”. And, according to Lode, such a focus does not need to come at the expense…

  • ethical investment

    ethical investment

    The motivation behind making a commitment to an ethical fund varies, and the importance of the underlying moral stance will of course be different from investor to investor.

  • Pharma back to haunt ethical investors

    Pharma back to haunt ethical investors

    Given that healthcare has been the joint-top equity sector this year, growing 18% since the start of 2013, it is unsurprising investors and fund managers alike are positioning themselves to take advantage of profit opportunities.

  • record FUM for fof tracker and ethical

    record FUM for fof tracker and ethical

    Assets under management of funds of funds, tracker funds and ethical funds reached record levels in 2012, despite a decline in net retail sales across the board, data from the Investment Management Association (IMA) revealed.

  • ethical and green funds reach 11bn

    ethical and green funds reach 11bn

    Money invested in green and ethical funds in the UK have reached a record high of £11.3bn, according to data released by independent researcher EIRIS.

  • Jupiter fund eyes greater income opportunities

    Jupiter fund eyes greater income opportunities

    Jupiter Asset Management makes key changes to its Environmental Income Fund.