The first ever practical blueprint for “net zero investing” has been issued by Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), to help investors maximise the contribution they make in tackling climate change.
Asset managers say it is time to embrace riskier fixed-income assets again, with emerging markets bonds becoming an increasingly attractive option for investors as optimism wanes over a quick economic recovery in developed markets.
Concern is growing over a likely spike in defaults among so-called ‘zombie’ companies that have stayed afloat during the coronavirus pandemic by relying on government stimulus and increasing their debt loads, but will struggle to keep servicing loans as government schemes roll back.
Over a third of all shares on the UK’s FTSE 100 and 250 indices are now owned by North American asset managers, as the popularity of low-cost passive index funds and ETFs has surged.
Central banks are lagging other major institutional and public sector investors with their integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria, according to a new survey by BNY Mellon and OMFIF.
Fulcrum Asset Management has launched a new global equity fund which aims to invest in companies that are on-track to meet the Paris Agreement’s target of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius.
Thirty banks including Barclays, BBVA, Citi, Credit Suisse, Santander and UBS, were assessed on how they have integrated ESG factors into their commercial practices, and none were judged to be ‘outstanding’, according to a new benchmark report by audit, accounting, and consulting firm Mazars.
Nomura Asset Management is set to reduce investment management fees across a number of its global and emerging markets funds, as investors display caution towards the funds market in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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A growing number of asset managers are taking an increasingly sophisticated approach to China’s growing equity markets, as both onshore and offshore Chinese stocks outperform emerging markets, according to a recent report from bfinance.
Asset manager Schroders has warned against adopting an “overly granular approach” to non-financial data, as it joins a group of stakeholders pushing for better reporting by businesses of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information.
An informal stakeholder group of investors, finance industry groups, and NGOs has set out ways to improve the reporting by businesses of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, saying the world is “at a crossroads” for building a sustainable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
