Responsible Investor’s Post

Why we need to have realistic expectations for the asset management industry's societal impact, and not view it as a tool for public policy objectives or saddle it with the responsibility of addressing issues that the government should be tackling. LSE Business Review blog by Dirk Jenter on joint research with Tom Gosling and me.

♻️Nordea Asset Management Launches Two New Article 9 Bond Funds. 📄The Nordea 1- European Corporate Sustainable Labelled Bond & the Nordea 1 - European Sustainable Labelled Bond funds apply a 'double' ESG due diligence on the issuer and the use of the issue.

How can fund operators help clients integrate ESG strategies? Claudia Roering, CESGA, Sustainable Investing Coordinator, Quoniam Asset Management, and Miriam Benarey, Associate Director, Sustainability and Stewardship, Impax Asset Management, discuss what customisation can mean for helping clients better integrate ESG. “We have done customisation over the last two years. For instance, we have created an investment signal using forward-looking climate measures, where we have taken various data points on climate targets and blended them into our alpha signal,” Röring said. The built on the theme of customisation, reminding stakeholders that one part of ESG was not equal to another. Benarey said that in the environmental space – for example, around climate - there was more consensus around what the leading indicators were. However, she said that “nature is a different topic”, adding that around the ‘Social’ aspect of ESG, the circumstances were completely different once again. #esg #esgstrategy #customization #customisation #sustainablefinance #esgoperations #investmentoperations Read more here 👇

From my Forbes column today - They have even coined the new term "toxic wordle" to describe the most damaging current business phrases. Why ESG is at the top of the list for Asset Management. #esg #sustainability #morningstar #ASC #Goldmansachs #assetmanagement #politicalization #fundsmanagement

From our latest newsletter: Anthia Serdari of 7Q Asset Management Ltd explains that AIFMD requires Fund Managers to integrate and consider “sustainability risks” in the management of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and SFDR promotes transparency (disclosures) on how Fund Managers consider “sustainability risks” in their decision-making process. https://lnkd.in/eNFSd6Q3

What’s in a name? With fund names coming under regulatory scrutiny, and sustainability labels entering the market, it is important that asset managers are able to back up the terms used. NorthPeak has put together a brief note on the topic of fund names. https://lnkd.in/e2A7inWu Also, please come to hear, NorthPeak's Head of Product, Clara Moreno Sanchez discuss the topic at the Informa UCITS and AIFMD conference in London (24-25 September). https://lnkd.in/eQ2V9aS #fundnames #sustainableinvesting #esginvesting #impactinvesting

I am pleased to share this article in which Impax Asset Management, a delegated manager of BNP Paribas Asset Management, discusses its conviction that the global economy is irreversibly shifting towards a more sustainable model in which growth is delivered with a focus on environmental and social outcomes. Despite some negative market sentiment, and a recent focus on the cost of living and energy security, they believe that the fundamental drivers of this transition remain firmly intact. Read more : https://lnkd.in/eCxu_xnH Guy Janssens Delphine Wykes,CFA Philippe Gijsels

A greater focus on engagement by asset owners and regulators has “unintentionally fuelled a stewardship stampede” by asset managers, according to a report by impact-focused firm WHEB, writes Krystle Higgins. #impactinvesting #stewardship #esg https://lnkd.in/esF5hmqM

Regulators are rightly applying scrutiny to #sustainable / #responsible / #esg investment names or labels. Some asset managers may have said more than they are actually doing in the past. In the alternatives space I have not seen many managers overselling themselves. With the FCA's introduction of the #SDR labels it will be interesting to see if leading UK investors look for their managers to have a specific label and so labelling becomes necessary for funds that are not currently in scope. #responsibleinvestment #esginvesting #sustainableinvesting

🥇Best ESG Investment Fund: Exchange Trade Fund 🥇 at the ESG Investing Awards 📣This is an important achievement which strengthens HANetf’s position in the ETC/ETF market as well as our partner’s SparkChange. 🌱SparkChange Physical Carbon EUA ETC 🌱 allows investors to have a physical allocation to European Union Carbon Allowances. 🌏 This emerging asset class is poised to become ubiquitous in tomorrow’s world. As the price rises, and the scope extends, industries, sectors, investments and corporates’ profits will be impacted. 📖To read more about it, SparkChange’s website is a great source of information. Not investment advice. #ETF #ESGinvesting #Carbon #EUA #ESG