Research of 25 fund board professionals published by the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute this October finds some respondents “have not yet have developed an appropriate knowledge and understanding of key sustainable investing regulations, investment approaches, tools and metrics involved”.
Investment data and research providers Morningstar has published its first Voice of the Asset Owner global survey of institutional asset owners. The survey reveals that a large, influential group of global investors who consider sustainability to be material to the investment process have not yet fully implemented ESG in their portfolios. The global quantitative study, designed by Morningstar Indexes and Morningstar Sustainalytics, included 500 global asset owners from 11 countries representing approximately USD32.7 trillion in assets under management.
The firm’s research – which analysed the investment perspectives of 770 institutional investors, who are collectively responsible for USD27.5 trillion in assets and from 28 locations around the world – shows that almost half of these leading investors now have a preference for sustainable investments focused on impact.
Nick Evans writes that Brookfield, the world’s second largest alternative asset management firm, has raised the largest ever private fund dedicated to accelerating the global
BlueOrchard Finance, the global impact investment manager that is part of the Schroders Group, has launched the BlueOrchard Financial Inclusion Fund, a new private equity
Just under half (45 per cent) of asset managers, pension funds and insurers still do not have ESG investment policies in place, according to
The US Securities & Exchange Commission has proposed two new rule changes in an effort to tighten the marketing and disclosure requirements on ESG funds
The three partners, who aim to invest EUR100 million each in a fund that has a target size of EUR1 billion, combine a unique set of industry, risk, and financial expertise to drive structural change.
Domiciled in Luxembourg, the UCITS-compliant fund is a sovereign bond vehicle that invests across developed and emerging markets by allocating capital to countries based on their approach to managing carbon emissions. It is classified as Article 9 under SFDR guidelines and benefits from an Advisory Board of climate experts.
The majority of pension funds have either embedded or are in the process of embedding climate change goals into their investment portfolios, according to the
