A group of investors convened under the auspices of the United Nations in 2004 to discuss how to further the aims of the UN Global Compact. The group’s subsequent report coined “ESG” as it recommended ...
The number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds grew at more than double the rate of non-ESG funds during the past five years in the UCITS market, according to EFAMA’s new report. UCITS ...
DWS Investment Management Americas has agreed to pay $25 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that the Deutsche Bank AG subsidiary made misleading statements and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carrie McCabe reports on asset management, strategy, and investing. Some fractures are appearing in global ESG investment, with ...
A long-held truism of ESG is being challenged, namely the idea that the strategy is best-suited to active fund management. For 11 of the past 12 quarters, clients have redeemed cash from actively ...
(Bloomberg) -- After taking over the helm of the world’s biggest pension fund in 2015, Hiromichi Mizuno helped chart a course that not just made sustainable investing big in Japan, but also raised the ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged New York-based investment advisor WisdomTree Asset Management Inc. with making misstatements and for compliance failures relating to how it managed funds ...
The letter addresses potential conflicts of interest that may arise when an asset management company, like BlackRock, both advises mutual funds and holds a stake in a wide range of companies across ...
Large WealthTech providers are facilitating much of this innovation. Firms like Allfunds are building open, modular ...
There is a growing disconnect between sustainability rhetoric and reality, with overall ESG progress stalling across the UK ...
Sundaram Alternates' ESG-aligned real estate fund surpasses ₹1,000 crore in commitments, reflecting strong investor ...