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Investing in a changing climate
Our climate is changing. In recent years, we have seen an increase in costly extreme weather events such as storms, wildfires and floods. At the same time, we are living through the hottest years on record. Read Aberdeen Standard Investments paper below.
AM’s yet to embrace sustainability
Proxy voting is a powerful tool for shareholders to steer corporate agendas towards sustainability-focused decision making. Despite the increased attention to the integration of sustainability in investment solutions, asset managers generally vote against environmental and social proposals. This trend is more pronounced among large and passive players.
Texas politicians reinstate BlackRock as manager’s ties to the state grow
Public funds in Texas can work with BlackRock once again after legislators removed it from a blacklist of companies accused of “boycotting” the oil and gas industry. The decision comes as Texas’s administration found alignment with the asset manager which backed key economic initiatives including the Texas Stock Exchange.
Opportunity for asset managers
Insights into private markets and venture may provide a real competitive edge for asset managers in demonstrating to investors an understanding of innovation and disruption and how this affects public market portfolios
Investor risks and opportunities
Watch Aberdeen Standard Investments video on climate change: investor risks and opportunities.
Real estate leaders must act now
To respond to the current and urgent threat of COVID-19, and to lay the groundwork to deal with what may be permanent changes for the industry after the crisis, real estate leaders must take action now.
Extracting growth alpha in emerging markets
Institutional allocations to emerging markets (EM) equities have increased steadily since the 1980s1, as the asset class has evolved from frontier investment to growth mainstay.
Global Renewables Investment Return 7 Times Higher Than Fossil Fuels
Renewable power investment continues to outperform fossil fuel investment across the globe, according to the latest research. This provides a strong signal regarding the decline of fossil fuel investment.
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2020