Calvert Research and Management, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), has unveiled three funds categorised as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The MS INVF Calvert Global Equity, Global High-Yield Bond and US Equity funds are actively managed and will incorporate a sustainability-related risks and opportunities assessment into their investment approach.
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an industry network, has released its discussion paper on Scope 3 emissions. Scope 3 covers all emissions emerging from a company’s supply chain, including upstream production and downstream customer activity. The paper outlines investor perspectives on the importance and complexity of investee companies’ emissions in the context […]
TwentyFour Asset Management, the fixed income subsidiary of Swiss investment management group Vontobel, has upgraded one of its funds to Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The group said it had taken a deliberately conservative approach under SFDR guidelines, and that the upgrade stood in contrast to the wave of fund […]
Detrimental business The question of who bears responsibility for causing harm is a matter of attribution in a society that is detrimental to nature and a significant portion of its members. If the system is detrimental in itself, it is not the system that is guilty, but some parts of it, or their interaction. In […]
Ein halbes Jahrhundert wissenschaftlicher Forschung hat gezeigt, dass Unternehmen, die ESG-Grundsätze umsetzen, überwiegend eine bessere Qualität und Finanzkraft aufweisen.
Environment, Social und Governance – etliche Unternehmen müssen jetzt ihre Nachhaltigkeit erfassen. Wir zeigen, wen es betrifft und welche Tools sich lohnen.
Währenddessen verzeichnen auch Artikel-8-Fonds im vierten Quartal die höchsten Mittelabzüge jemals. Das Investoreninteresse nach nachhaltigen Anlageprodukten nimmt weiterhin ab. Artikel-8-Fonds haben im vierten Quartal 2023 die höchsten Mittelabzüge jemals verzeichnet, wie aus aktuellen Daten von Morningstar hervorgeht. Auch Artikel-9-Fonds, welche sich in den vergangenen Monaten weitaus besser schlagen konnten, verzeichneten für das vierte Quartal erstmalig […]
According to the Morningstar’s research: “The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) requires asset managers to provide more information on the sustainability risks and impact of their investment products sold in the EU, with the level of disclosure depending on the sustainability objective of the products.”Article 8 funds, lacking a commitment to sustainable investments, experienced […]
Vor allem die großen Geldinstitute sollen in die Pflicht genommen werden. Was nicht heißt, dass die kleineren sich zurücklehnen können.
Solar energy and energy storage developer Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., announced today a $500 million commitment from BlackRock, with proceeds from the investment aimed at growing the company’s global renewable energy platform. BlackRock’s $500 million preferred equity investment commitment, convertible into common equity, represents 20% of the outstanding fully diluted shares […]
Over half of business leaders globally plan to increase investments in sustainability in 2024, up significantly from only a third who reported plans to do so last year, as business optimism increases, and as executives increasingly recognize the potential impact of climate disruptions to their businesses, while new government incentives help to mobilize investments in […]
In MSCI’s Sustainability and Climate Trends to Watch 2024 we explore the key themes that could shape the world of ESG investing this year and beyond. Our report brings together the key questions that our global research team is asking and offers thoughtful analyses and useful insights to help navigate the investment landscape that lies […]
Nachhaltigkeit ist ein Buzz Word – auch und gerade in der Finanzindustrie. Doch wie lassen sich konkrete Ansätze wie ESG, Impact Investing oder grüne Geldanlagen in der Praxis umsetzen? Das private banking magazin lädt zwei profunde Kenner der Materie zum Gespräch. Die Eheleute Christina und Stephan Bannier geben Einblicke aus Forschung und praktischer Finanzwelt über […]
Klimarisiken: Der jüngste Global Risks Report des World Economic Forums identifiziert fünf der zehn bedeutendsten langfristigen Risiken als umweltbedingt. 2024 steht außerdem der Höhepunkt des aktuellen El Niño im Südpazifik bevor. Das erhöht die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Extremwetterereignissen, insbesondere in der südlichen Hemisphäre. Zu den physischen Klimarisiken kommen die Folgen des Verlustes an Biodiversität und natürlichen […]
Investment trusts produce ESG reports of widely varying quality, which could be linked to the size of the trust, researchers found.Annual reports can contain as little as half a page on ESG, or as many as 50, but are described largely as “short and lacking in detail”.Researchers looked at the predominantly UK investment trust sector […]
