For banks looking to fight climate change, there are four important areas to consider. Reading Time: 3 minutes Banks are under pressure. The imperative to act on climate changes inches every closer to the boardroom as the risk climate changes poses to financial markets rears its ominous head. From retail customers and commercial clients to … Read more
Franklin Templeton has added an emerging markets product to its Paris-aligned ETF range. The Franklin MSCI Emerging Markets Paris Aligned Climate UCITS ETF will track the MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned Index covering large- and mid-cap stocks across 24 emerging regions that are transitioning to a low carbon economy. It is the fourth product … Read more
Since the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into force in March 2021, we have had some significant updates, including confirmation from the European Commission that Article 9 funds should only invest in sustainable assets and an amended Taxonomy that now includes natural gas and nuclear power, with the consequent changes to disclosure templates … Read more
Only 28 companies around the world, less than 1%, have closed their gender pay gap, according to research from Equileap. Dismal action on the gender pay gap is happening while information on it is kept hidden – the report found 78% of companies do not publish information on pay differences. Just 18 companies in the … Read more
City Hive has released the winning images in it’s Fearless Woman photography competition. The competition was launched to find alternatives to basic, stereotypical images found when the words ‘female investor’ is typed into any search engine. The winning entries will form an up-to-date and dynamic bank of photographic assets to better represent what a female … Read more
Bethany Dudley, director, head of strategic partnerships at Foresight: “We are seeing an increase in the number of female-founded companies we invest in across our VCT funds, particularly in the healthcare sector. “A notable example is HomeLink Healthcare, which was founded by Jill Ireland, CEO and clinical director. Formed in 2015, it has provided ‘hospital-at-home’ … Read more
Industry network Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) is growing fast, having held its first annual conference last year and recently launched a cross-company mentorship scheme. Here, the network’s CEO Jacqueline Taiwo sits down with ESG Clarity to talk about why she set up the group and what she hopes to see from the industry … Read more
Gender diversity at companies, and investment in those companies, are creeping up hand-in-hand, recent research shows. MSCI’s Women on Boards Progress Report, which assessed the gender diversity among senior leadership of 2,800+ of the world’s largest companies over the past year, has found a 1.9% year-on-year increase of women on boards globally, up to 24.5% … Read more
Asset managers that have a high percentage of women on their investment teams outperform gender-diversity laggards by 45 basis points, a report from WTW has found. That figure, highlighted on International Women’s Day, points to higher annual net returns for investment teams in the top quartile of gender diversity, versus funds in the lowest diversity … Read more
Industry network Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) is growing fast, having held its first annual conference last year and recently launched a cross-company mentorship scheme. Here, the network’s CEO Jacqueline Taiwo sits down with ESG Clarity to talk about why she set up the group and what she hopes to see from the industry … Read more