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Larger private equity firms have gone a long way towards incorporating ESG into their strategies, although the smaller players still lag behind.

By Winston Ma, CFA & Esq – Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law Who holds the power in financial markets? For many, the answer would probably be the large investment banks, big asset managers and hedge funds that are often in the media’s spotlight. But more and more a newRead More

A review of the legal barriers to investing for sustainability impact in 11 jurisdictions gives confidence to investors wanting to re-think old investment paradigms and include impact alongside risk and return. The post Legal report gives impact investors confidence appeared first on Top1000Funds.com.

A Booth School study has some surprises in its survey of S&P 500 sustainability disclosures.

Asset managers need better corporate data and metrics to offer better ESG investment products.

The regulator’s chief says he’s concerned about the greenwashing of ESG investments.

It would require companies to reveal how environmental, social, and governance metrics affect their business strategy.

By Chung-Hong Fu, Managing Director, Research Timberland Investment Resources, LLC As interest in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues increases, investors and investment managers are working to define and refine what ESG means and what ESG engagement looks like in the context of their portfolios and the asset classes inRead More

Investors who overlook ESG-related issues may miss out on generating alpha, says data science firm RepRisk.

In the first half of 2020, a period dominated by the spread of the Covid-19 virus and by the shut-down of economic activity in country after country around the world, investing with an eye to environmental, social, and governance issues proved valuable as a risk management measure, according to anRead More

TPG's Executive Chairman Jim Coulter spoke to Leslie Picker on impact investing and the role of private capital in mitigating climate change risks. 

The ex-Goldman Sachs executive is aiming to build a fund to invest in sectors including health care, fintech, next-generation work and education, and well as ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government slashed funding costs thanks to rampant global demand for the first social bond offered by a local government in Japan.

Nate Macabuag’s company Koalaa produces prosthetic limbs for people all over the world. Here, the young engineer reveals how the support of a business manager with a ‘let me help you’ attitude helped him achieve his goalsNate Macabuag knows he has a huge task ahead of him. The founder of London-based Koalaa is on a mission to make prosthetics that are comfortable and affordable for everyone in…

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

Dual bills would require fiduciaries to consider ESG factors in investment decision-making.

The growing importance of sustainable investment could help diversify the mentality of Japan Inc. boardrooms, as firms look to draw from a nontraditional talent pool ...

The murky world of metrics used to set ESG scores is an increasingly fraught arena for investors seeking greenwashing-free data.

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