Impact Investing & ESG
The Finance Performance of Impact Investing Through Private Debt
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and Symbiotics present the first comprehensive analysis of the financial performance of private debt impact investment funds.
ESG Ratings Can Help Investors Pick Winning Emerging Markets
Reports from Morningstar and GMO explain why investors and advisors should consider ESG factors when investing in emerging markets.
You Can’t Just Recycle if You Believe in ESG
The more investors pay attention to ESG, the more issuers will have to improve their behavior.
Is ESG on Course to Become the Norm in DC Defaults?
Late last year the UK government said it was “minded” to make pension fund trustees produce environmental, social and governance statements.
Emerging Market Debt Investors Wary of ESG Analysis
Investors in emerging market debt (EMD) are leery of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment analysis because of “common misconceptions,” according to BNY Mellon.
Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: What’s Driving ESG? A Top Ten List
The prevalence and prominence of sustainability as a vital concept in the world – let alone the business community – is now clear. It has been driven by a host of dynamics that are both native to, and external from, business: environmental catastrophe and social crisis, economic disparity, and political dysfunction.
Shareholder Influence on Impact Investing
Investors are increasingly taking an interest in impact investing. What’s the value they see here?
Adam Bernstein, ESG Specialist with Gitterman Wealth Management in New York believes “We are experiencing a non-financial, ESG data revolution.”
United States & Europe
Europe’s Depopulation Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Baltics
Young workers keep leaving for the west, while refugees from the Middle East and Africa are shunned. The UN sees a catastrophe lurking.
Developing Economies
IMF Sees Ethiopia Beating Ghana as Fastest-Growing Africa Economy
Ghana has lost its mantle as the African economy likely to grow the quickest this year to Ethiopia, which has held the position for most of the past decade, International Monetary Fund data showed.
India to Make South Asia the Fastest Growing
India’s recovering growth will drive South Asia to the fastest growing region, said World Bank’s biannual South Asia Economic Focus released on Sunday.
Latin America Has Become a Hot Spot for U.S. Deal Makers
U.S. executives named Brazil and Mexico, the two largest economies in Latin America, among their five most popular destinations for deal making, according to a new survey.