Italy’s Generali Group is to increase investments in “green” sectors by €3.5bn (£3.1bn, $4.3bn) by 2020, mainly by ploughing money into bonds that finance environmentally beneficial projects and investing directly in cleaner infrastructure.
More than £1bn of retail money flowed into ethical funds in 2017, representing the highest annual level of sales for this type of fund ever, but the sector’s progression is stifled by an identity crisis.
“Much more needs to be done” by the big three credit ratings agencies to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into their issuer ratings, according to Neuberger Berman.
While the pace of change may differ between clients, for the future of ESG investments the only way is up. So, how at risk are the funds or wealth managers that do not manage to move to a full ESG-process across a client’s entire portfolio?
Almost 60% of fund selectors believe environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies will become more integrated into portfolios, though most currently have low or no weighting towards these strategies, according to a survey.
Regulation is one of the risks that investors should be aware of when investing in environmental-focused listed equities, according to Bruce Jenkyn-Jones, London-based co-head of listed equities and senior portfolio manager at Impax Asset Management.
The higher a country’s environment, social, governance (ESG) rating, the better its government bonds perform, MSCI has found.
FE has launched three model portfolios to cash in on the growing world of sustainable investing, it announced on Monday morning.
M&G Investments has launched an ESG-screened global high-yield bond fund, the company’s first venture into the area of responsible investing.
Six members of a crime group have been jailed for a total of 45 years for devising a fake eco-investment scheme as a tax break for wealthy investors, often using the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers.
Governance is the most important factor in ESG investing, says Marc-Oliver Buffle, Geneva-based senior product specialist at Pictet Asset Management. But can you really screen for it?
If anything, the flurry of studies during this year’s Good Money Week have proved that green investing has to overcome a number of hurdles before it really takes off.
