Morningstar: ESG funds are cheaper than conventional strategies
Funds that converted to ESG strategies lowered their costs by 20 basis points on average
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WisdomTree launches sustainable core equity strategy
WisdomTree Global Sustainable Equity Ucits ETF is the firm’s first sustainable core equity strategy
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Nordea AM liquidates social bond fund 16 months after launch
Due to ‘muted demand’ for the single-themed strategy
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Appeal for impact investing in decline as market volatility takes its toll
Appeal declined by 5% in the UK despite impact investors willing to give up some returns
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CCLA’s Corah and Berens: Why ESG funds need to raise the bar for their investors
The firm is moving its products beyond the trend of ‘traditional green, clean and thematic funds’
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Generation Next with Gresham House’s Herlihy: ‘People are paramount’
Gresham House associate director, public equity, on bringing a ‘human-centric’ lens to finance and an initiative to develop the female fund managers of the future
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Just eight asset managers achieve Morningstar’s top ESG rating
Majority of firms have improved their practices
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FCA releases Sustainability Disclosure Requirements
Long-awaited SDR includes changes such as a fourth fund label, and less prescriptive stewardship and disclosure rules
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Evelyn Partners Sustainable MPS adds to Baillie Gifford and Federated Hermes global equity fund positions
Swaps out Impax Environmental Markets Investment Trust for open-ended sister fund
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Fidelity launches smid-cap ‘global future leaders’ fund
The fund will be managed by James Abela and Maroun Younes
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SFDR Articles 8 and 9 may ‘disappear altogether’ as consultation launches
European Commission says there may be ‘demand for establishing sustainability product categories’
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Frontier markets risk being left behind without green reforms
After the recent market rally, Ninety One’s Thys Louw reflects on the importance of reforms in frontier markets
