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Stewardship Surge Predicted in Private Equity

Chris Hall

We’re going to have a lot more discussions around corporate governance and stewardship in the PE space,” said Walter Viguiliouk, Managing Director of Sustainable Investing, Private Markets at Manulife Investment Management, speaking on the forum’s Stewardship in Private Equity panel. “PE trillion by 2029.

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Back to Basics

Chris Hall

Going forward, they note ”[t]he categories should be simple with clear objective criteria or thresholds, to identify which category the product falls into” and the ESAs encourage, at least, categories of ‘sustainability’ and ‘transition’. Acknowledging the need to address the SFDR’s shortcomings, with both assessments, is a positive step.

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Size Matters

Chris Hall

Over 80% of 700 of the worlds biggest institutional investors told a recent survey by Australian asset manager IFM Investors that environmental and social infrastructure are priorities for equity and debt investment. But Canadian pension schemes are increasingly channeling capital into sustainability. trillion in assets.

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Take Five: A Design for Life

Chris Hall

Common ground – Everyone on the supply or demand side of sustainable investing has been frustrated or inconvenienced by the shifting sands of the sector resulting from imprecise and evolving definitions. Others have noted with concern the approach to emissions reductions of countries heavily reliant on fossil fuel revenues.

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U.S. SEC waters down its climate reporting rule under legal threats 

Corporate Knights

Sustainable Investment Forum, in a statement. vice-president and co-founder of sustainable asset firm Generation Investment Management. “But companies with business in Europe will be subject to the European rules when they go into effect between 2025 and 2029. The SEC estimates that 3,700 U.S.