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ESG-dilutive acquisitions becoming a 'deal-breaker'
05 May 2023M&A deals are no longer just about earnings per share, Trisha Taneja tells Ahren Lester
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ESG and value investing are not mutually exclusive
04 May 2023Value investing takes investors closer to corners of the market where ESG controversies are rife and in sectors that do not always cover themselves in ESG glory, writes Sebastien Mallet
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Comment: The politicisation of ESG in the US
03 May 2023The anti-ESG movement is winning because it is stifling debate and making sustainable finance toxic, warns Peter Cripps
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Market-wide stewardship driving sustainable outcomes
03 May 2023Manulife Investment Management's Peter Mennie and Brian Kernohan have identified five ways in which the asset manager can exert its investment stewardship to help address systematic issues
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The impact of listed equities biodiversity funds
01 May 2023As more capital flows to biodiversity-themed listed equities funds, Thomas Cox asks whether it is possible for the strategies to have a positive impact on nature
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'Greenwashing claims unlikely' in absence of clear definitions
28 April 2023A 'maelstrom' of regulatory requirements on both sides of the Atlantic has not brought a clear definition of sustainability - which may spare investors from litigation, a webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports
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The EU's SFDR - is it 'unstable'?
27 April 2023The controversy kicked up by the regulation shows it is having the desired effect of 'separating the wheat from the chaff', argues Sergio de Carvalho
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Comment: Is the tide turning for SLBs?
26 April 2023After a rough end to 2022 for sustainability-linked bonds, Ahren Lester argues 2023 is showing signs of being a more positive year for the under-pressure instrument
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GAM: Bank, insurer green bond focus 'amplifies' investment impact
24 April 2023The Swiss asset manager has been "positively surprised" by the financial institution response to engagement by its ground-breaking green bond fund, Ahren Lester reports
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Investors 'given free hand' to define sustainable investment under SFDR
19 April 2023The European Commission has declined a request to define what constitutes a sustainable investment under SFDR, a decision which has split industry experts, Michael Hurley writes
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- EU's von der Leyen calls for a price on nature
- SFDR and SDR both miss key sustainability distinctions, CFA says
- Franco-German transition plans work can inform credibility assessments, France's IFD says
- Net outflows accelerate for Article 9 funds