Aegon AM has announced the launch of the Aegon Investment Grade Climate Transition Fund, described as a new strategy designed to support the global transition to a low-carbon economy while delivering attractive, risk-adjusted returns.
Asset managers continue to raise the bar on sustainable investing despite the recent ’ESG backlash’ in the US, according to the latest findings from Isio’s Sustainable Investment Survey, which reviewed more than 140 funds from c.65 asset managers. Isio found almost all (97 per cent) asset managers have an established ESG policy and dedicated sustainability teams in place, despite high-profile withdrawals from climate initiatives and concerns around fund labelling.
Institutional investors and asset owners must do more to combat modern day slavery across their portfolios, a new paper from IFM Investors finds.
Elston Consulting has designed a range of Sustainable model portfolios built with 100 per cent SDR compliant funds. The portfolios have been launched by Elston Portfolio Management, a platform-based MPS provider.
The anti-anti-ESG backlash has begun with asset managers claiming investor appetite for sustainable investment is stronger than ever.
As ESMA’s Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms becomes enforceable today, ARK Invest Europe has unveiled a new guide aimed at empowering Fund Selectors with practical strategies to navigate the rapidly evolving sustainable investment landscape in 2025.
LBMA has advanced the implementation of its proposals requiring refiners publicly to disclose additional information regarding suppliers of mined material including from ‘red flag’ locations as defined in the gold supplement of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Area (“OECD Guidance).
Sustainability, impact and environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds haemorrhaged USD8.6 billion of investment in first quarter of 2025, figures from Morningstar reveal.
Four fifths (80 per cent) of firms surveyed by the Investment Association believe SDR has successfully prevented misleading claims about sustainability products, despite fewer labelled funds than anticipated entering the market in the past 12 months.
Royal London Asset Management has announced that all eight funds in its GBP11 billion sustainable fund range will adopt a Sustainability Focus label under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).
