ESG strategies were part of the Hermes offering long before they became fashionable, but are now winning them new business in the wealth management sector 

With distribution a key battleground among asset managers, the way they market themselves to advisers and end investors is increasingly important

Charitable money is able to take risks other forms of capital cannot and can be even more effective when wealthy donors work together

With income hard to find, particularly in swathes of European sovereign debt which is yielding zero or less, investors are seeking out opportunities in more exotic parts of the bond markets

The largest asset managers have the ability to push companies into combating the climate crisis through shareholder voting, but they are not making the most of the opportunity

Asset managers who overstate the sustainability of their products through ‘greenwashing’ them may fool investors for now, but will pay the price in time

PWM gathered leading figures from the fixed income world to debate the future of the asset class and the role bonds may play in investors’ portfolios

A systematic investment process is good news for investors because it is repeatable, says Dimensional Fund Advisors’ Gerard O’Reilly,  but those burned by black box strategies in the past will take some convincing