ESNG - As ESG Investment Grows An Asset Manager Looks To Futures
By Paul Golden
At a Glance
- New ESG futures around the S&P 500 help Swedbank Robur meet its ESG commitment to clients.
- Investors are demanding greater transparency around funds as the industry seeks sustainability standards.
Sustainability-focused funds have continued on an upward trajectory in 2020, despite a volatile first quarter.
Morningstar research reveals that 24 of 26 environmental, social and governance ((ESG))-tilted index funds outperformed their closest conventional counterparts in the first three months of the year.
One in seven of these new sustainable investment funds launched in 2019 had a specific climate-oriented mandate according