Network for Sustainable Financial Markets

Portfolio managers are failing on ESG integration, according to Mercer research out last week. Only 9% of more than 5,000 ESG strategies analysed gained top ratings, based on the extent to which portfolio managers integrate ESG into the investment process and follow good stewardship practices. Quoted in an article in the FT, NSFM supporter and European [...]

In a statement prepared for Accenture’s AGM, NSFM Director, Steve Viederman acknowledged the company’s efforts on integrating ESG whilst calling attention to the sharp contrast between the statements in Accenture’s citizenship report, its public policy positions and the public policy positions of the organisations on whose boards Accenture sits and helps to set policy. ‘We [...]

Recently published, Evolutions in Sustainable Investing aims to give real world guidance for investment professionals on delivering attractive risk-adjusted and opportunity-directed returns across asset classes and regions. Filled with interviews with leading practitioners, this book weaves a narrated web around best sustainable investment practices, guiding readers specifically on investing their assets and with specific sustainability trends [...]

Martin Wolf has presented a provocative diagnosis of the current flaws found in capitalism. Unfortunately, he has nothing to say about the biggest issue of all – how to transform capitalism so that it does not continue to destroy the planet. Read John Mathews’ full article here.

‘Remuneration for pension fund managers has come under the spotlight as investors have taken aim over investment banking pay, according to a paper published by Keith Ambachtsheer at the University of Toronto’s Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. While much attention in compensation strategy is focused on how pension funds should exercise their say on pay [...]