Robeco has launched the Robeco QI Emerging Markets Sustainable Enhanced Index Equities with a strategy that aims for a 20 per cent higher score on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria than the benchmark (MSCI Emerging Markets Index). It also
Scientific Beta is now providing an ESG option for all of its indices, enabling investors to benefit from the performance of its High Factor Intensity (HFI) Multi-Beta Multi-Strategy (MBMS) indices while upholding ESG norms and materially reducing exposure to companies
BNY Mellon has expanded the firm’s ESG Analytics offering by integrating fixed income scoring for corporate bonds. BNY Mellon clients now have the ability to view environmental, social and governance (ESG) and United Nations Global Compact (GC) scores on equities
Cartica Management, a majority women-owned active investor focused on improvements in corporate governance, environmental, and social factors in the emerging markets, has appointed Kate Ahern as Managing Director of ESG and Sustainability. Ahern will lead Cartica’s ESG practice, overseeing the
By Beatrice Bedeschi – Ireland is set to attract a fresh wave of investments in green energy in the coming years, on the back of recent regulatory changes and as the country looks to achieve ambitious 2030 renewable targets. Ireland
Strooga Consulting is pioneering new research on environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration by drawing on data solutions from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a provider of corporate governance and responsible investment (RI) solutions for the investment industry. ISS’ robust extra-financial
Record Currency Management (Record) has signed both the FX Global Code and the LGPS Investment Code of Transparency. The FX Global Code is a set of principles of good practice in the foreign exchange market that has been developed in
INDOS Financial, an independent fund depositary and oversight business, has selected Vigeo Eiris to provide Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) data to support its independent ESG screening and verification service to asset managers and their stakeholders. Under terms of the agreement,
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has added to its emerging market fixed income product range with the launch of the UBAM – EM Sustainable High Grade Corporate Bond. This launch reflects a strengthening in UBP’s approach to responsible investing and a
Paris-based quantitative asset manager TOBAM has adopted a carbon footprint reduction policy across its Anti-Benchmark Credit strategies. This systematic carbon footprint reduction of at least 20 per cent versus the reference benchmark’s carbon footprint is now being applied to fixed
