Schroders faces challenge taking niche impact investing to mass market
Liquidity concerns and higher costs have alienated wealth managers from the asset class
IMPACT INVESTING
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EQ hires woman to market impact portfolios to advisers
Naomi Friend has a history with family offices and private clients
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‘Embarrassing’ tenants create ESG conundrum for property funds
Investors mixed on whether occupiers such as betting shops are a problem
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‘Almost complete failure’: Eight takes on fund firms’ regard for biodiversity
Earth Day 2019 sharpens spotlight on habitat destruction, deforestation and other causes of extinction
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Wheb and Impax lead the way as ‘impact washing’ confuses investors
Environmentally and socially-minded investors seek transparency but find mixed results
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Jeannie Boyle: The governance part of ESG is just doing your job as a fund manager
EQ Investors has moved from high-risk to retail-friendly products for impact investors
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Doing good: Portfolio Adviser’s most-read ESG stories in 2018
2018 has seen plenty of ESG fund launches but the industry is not without its growing pains
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Top fund groups launch retail impact platform
Firms join forces with The Big Issue magazine to give investors access to ethical investments
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Should impact investors aim for market returns?
Fund houses are increasingly launching impact products to rival mainstream alternatives
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Tensions simmer over definition of impact investing
Impact investing, as a dedicated niche of sustainable investing, is under threat by greenwashing from mainstream asset managers, specialists warn.
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ESG morphs into glorified box-ticking exercise
Impact investing is being touted as an alternative to environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies failing to live up to their ethical hype.
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SLI launches first impact fund
Standard Life Investments has launched its first fund which invests in global companies that aim to generate positive social and environmental impacts.