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President Trump's Department of Labor has instituted new rules that many see as a blow to the growing environmental, social and governance investment models.

The Department of Labor has quietly updated ERISA rules to require private pension plan fiduciaries to put financial returns ahead of sustainable goals in investing, a last-minute blow to so-called ESG investing. “The Department has construed the requirements that a fiduciary act solely in the interest of, and for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits […]

"One real risk looms even larger than the pandemic and could have even more grave human and economic costs than those we have witnessed these last eight months. That risk arises from climate change"

New disclosure and reporting requirements are set to take shape in March 2021 and will have a range of impacts on US managers with even minor operations within the bloc.

Japanese LPs will continue to favour corporate engagement over exclusionary screening of controversial sectors, according to Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer at the country's financial watchdog.

Identifying asset managers who proclaim ESG, but don’t live it, is not so easy. Investors are pouring assets into ESG-labelled investment products, and asset managers are churning out new products in response.

Investment advisers have (mostly) panned the Department of Labor's proposed efforts to rein in sustainable investment, sometimes called ESG investing.

In light of the ‘critical moment’ in which the world finds itself, Arup’s Orion Fulton outlines a plan for a sustainable US recovery that goes beyond renewables and building new infrastructure.

The survey by Linklaters also found seven in 10 respondents saying covid-19 has changed how they manage risks.

Private equity is failing to find its voice or properly engage with its detractors and the barrage of criticism won’t stop until it does.