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Fund wants managers to monitor ESG risk and engage with companies
Major hurdles remain to clear before international agreement can be reached.
Initiative ahead of UN discussions to kick off next month.
Giant fund now excludes a total of 51 companies
Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, has highlighted the environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges facing the global infrastructure industry. Its new Infrastructure Report was compiled with research by Dexia Asset Management with a steering committee comprising CDC Climat, CM-CIC Asset Management and Threadneedle. Eumedion, the Dutch corporate governance forum, has responded to the German […]
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Giant Canadian investor prefers advisory vote on pay every three years
More leverage on social and environmental issues with investee companies
Company to face questions at AGM in May
Tokio Marine Asset Management and Governance for Owners are to launch a Japan engagement fund with the potential to grow to JPY100bn ($1.2bn, €891m). The TMAM-GO Japan Engagement Fund (JEF) will invest in underachieving quoted companies – using a “Japanese way of engagement” to improve long-term performance. It will invest in 10-30 small to mid-cap […]
CHF100m mandate also targets revenues from gambling, nuclear energy and genetically modified organisms