Covid-19, impressive performance and impending regulations have all combined to make 2020 a transformative year for ESG investing
Sustainability

Sustainability snowballs as asset management takes ESG to heart

Fund flows reflect rising client demand for responsible solutions
The fund management industry has taken investor interest in ESG seriously, although a lack of standards can make selection difficult

Ethical strategies blossom amid health crisis
Not only is there now a widespread belief among investors that they have a duty to do good with their allocations, but also that sustainable portfolios tend to outperform

Wealthy families realigning portfolios to change world
Impact investing has emerged as a possible solution to many of the problems highlighted by the global pandemic

Asian clients warm to broadening ESG criteria beyond investments
While high net worth Asians have traditionally used philanthropy to do good and invested solely for financial returns, things are changing
Beware the US employment ‘penalty’
Harvard Business School has looked at the impact of four large US companies' policies on their staff and showed how employment impact relates to earnings

‘There's a letter missing in ESG’
We have environmental, the E; social, the S; governance, the G – but there's no F for finance, argues Anne Simpson from Calpers

Why CEOs should review pay and career policies
Business leaders in the US should address the insecurity and fear people feel to help bring unity back to the country

Emerging markets now firmly aboard the ESG bandwagon
ESG is now very much on the radar when it comes to emerging markets, both for investors locating to these regions and for the companies listed there

Can the largest fossil fuel financiers change?
Is JP Morgan’s Paris Agreement pledge enough?
Join PWM's Yuri Bender for the annual announcement of our Global Private Banking Awards, plus a bonus discussion about the industry's future with Mercer's Cara Williams, Aite Group's Alois Pirker and independent wealth consultant Seb Dovey.
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