Page 4 - Esg Funds

India has fewer ESG funds than other top 10 economies, shows data

The world's sixth largest economy has 23 ESG funds, Refinitiv data shows, compared to the United States and Britain with more than 500 each, while Japan has 182 and China has 119

ESG bonds likely to top $10 billion by December, says JP Morgan

The ESG-focused fund-raising (green bonds) market, which has already scaled an all-time high so far this year, is set to cross the USD 10-billion-mark by December, according to JP Morgan

UN climate report increases urgency for green investment funds

A UN climate report on Monday found that global warming is dangerously close to spiraling out of control

Overseas green capital chasing renewable energy firms across India

According to experts, India offers the right kind of risk-return profile which is why his company likes to invest here

ESG investing gains ground amid pandemic, better sustainability disclosures

At the end of June 2021, assets invested in Indian sustainable funds identified by Morningstar reached a record Rs 11,970 cr, significantly up from Rs 4,210 cr a year ago

Regulator may ask asset management firms to go slow on thematic schemes

Some themes aggressively pursued by fund houses include environmental, social and governance (ESG), international funds, and other innovative ETFs in the equity, as well as debt segments

Best of BS Opinion: Rising inflation risk, Centre's GTR in 2020-21 & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

Europe's fund managers get a green makeover

ESG or sustainable Environmental, Social and Governance investment has grown exponentially in recent times

Asia's ESG bond issuances hit record $69 billion this year, no let-up seen

Bankers say the trend will continue

Planning to invest in ESG funds? Start small, but hold for long term

They have the potential to create wealth by circumventing hidden risks, but have limited track record

Increased sustainability disclosures to give leg-up to ESG funds

Six out of ten domestic funds with an ESG mandate were launched in the financial year 2020-21 (FY21), noted the May 24 Kotak Securities Strategy report

Domestic mutual funds join the ESG bandwagon, but it's still early days

Currently, ESG funds have AUM of around Rs 10,500 crore

Well run mid- and small-caps seeing strong growth: Emkay Investment CEO

Global interest rates are likely to remain benign for long, says Vikaas Sachdeva in interview.

We see ESG integration becoming mandatory: Deepak Khurana of Refinitiv

In a Q&A, Deepak Khurana, Director, Sustainable Finance and Lipper, Asia-Pacific at Refinitiv, says India has ranked high on policy community involvement with 99 per cent transparency rating

Step forward for cities

Municipal bonds can help push local development

Kotak Mahindra AMC to launch ESG fund, offer open between Nov 20-Dec 4

The asset manager will use Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings, a leading global provider of ESG research, ratings and data, to support its Kotak ESG Opportunities Fund

Mirae MF launches passive ESG funds, NFOs open between Oct 27-Nov 10

Mirae Asset ESG Sector Leaders ETF is an open-ended scheme tracking Nifty 100 ESG Sector Leaders Total Return Index. The second, an FoF, will invest predominantly in this ETF

FPIs prune exposure in tobacco stocks over high taxes, greater ESG focus

ESG investing, or "sustainable investing" is about responsible business conduct, and cigarette firms were globally being screened out by this class of investors

Top-performing fund avoids investments in emerging markets low on ESG score

The $1.5-billion Candriam SRI Bond Emerging Markets Fund has outperformed almost 90 per cent of peers in the past three years and screens for ESG factors

The fund managers, the sleuths and the mystery of the missing ESG

Accompanied by a cameraman, Beslik spent 10 days meeting villagers and taking samples from streams close to the plants supplying companies that his then-firm had invested in