Alastair Marsh
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United Kingdom
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Vanguard Gets Extra ETF Billions After Largely Shunning ESG
Vanguard benefited from being more exposed to fossil fuels than its peers. → Read More
Biodiversity Emerges as New Risk for Asset Managers After UN Summit
COP15 agreement prompts sector to sit up and take notice, with few existing funds focused on natural capital. → Read More
Vanguard Defends Strategy as Critics Pile In After Net-Zero Exit
Vanguard Group Inc. is under pressure to reassure stakeholders that it still cares about the climate, after becoming the target of fierce criticism from high-profile environmental advocates including Al Gore. → Read More
Vanguard Defends Strategy as Critics Pile In
Al Gore recently called Vanguard’s decision to quit the world’s biggest climate-finance alliance “irresponsible and shortsighted. → Read More
Vanguard Quits Net-Zero Climate Group, Marking Biggest Defection Yet
The fund giant indicated that its decision was based on a desire to maintain the freedom to not restrict its investment options. → Read More
Carbon-Credit ‘Fraud’ Assumptions Are Challenged in New Study
In the “wild west” of carbon credits, fraudulent offsets may not be as widespread as feared, report shows. → Read More
Carney Addresses ‘Tension’ After Bankers Balked at CO2 Proposal
Mark Carney has dismissed reports that Wall Street banks threatened to walk out of the climate-finance coalition he heads, but also said that “tension” within the group needed to be addressed. → Read More
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley Signal Doubts on Carney’s Climate Group
The banks’ misgivings surfaced at recent meetings after more stringent decarbonization targets were proposed. → Read More
Fund Managers Jump Into ESG Niche With Potential to Grow 2,000%
Schroders, Aviva and other UK asset managers seek to profit from demand for biodiversity-focused investment products. → Read More
BlackRock CEO Infuriates Republicans and Climate Activists Alike
Larry Fink just sent his 10th annual letter to fellow CEOs, which reaffirmed his devotion to capitalism and oil, gas and coal companies. → Read More
Pimco, Fidelity Shun Net-Zero Alliance Embraced by BlackRock
(Bloomberg) -- A group of Wall Street giants has decided to sit out one of the industry’s biggest coalitions: the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net... → Read More
Sovereign Wealth Funds Dramatically Step Up Their Focus on ESG
Sovereign wealth funds are starting to take environmental, social and corporate governance issues a lot more seriously, in a sign that some of the world’s most influential investors may be ready to reallocate their vast fortunes in more planet-friendly ways. → Read More
Carney Sees Watershed Moment for Climate Finance: COP26 Update
The COP26 summit turned its attention to the finance industry’s contribution to the fight against climate change, with announcements overnight revealing that banks, asset managers and insurers representing more than $130 trillion have signed up to net-zero commitments. → Read More
Fund Managers Struggle to Keep Up With New Guideposts for ESG
Many of the world’s biggest asset managers say they’re increasingly struggling with some of the rules guiding the $35 trillion market for environmental, social and governance investing. → Read More
European Corporate Emissions Are Running Too ‘Hot,’ Report Says
For all the talk of tackling climate change and supporting the goals of the Paris climate agreement, European companies are on a path toward catastrophic global warming. → Read More
Why Fund Managers Started Worrying About Biodiversity
The natural world is in crisis: Global wildlife populations have declined by an estimated two-thirds on average in the past 50 years, up to 1 million species are thought to face extinction and many of the earth’s ecosystems are badly damaged. The destruction of the planet’s biodiversity, the result of human activity from deforestation to pollution, isn’t only troubling for conservationists and… → Read More
Why Central Bankers Got Serious About Digital Cash
What central banks once sneered at, they’re now scrambling to master. Back when Bitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency, was seen as the province of anarchists and drug dealers, it was easy for the world’s central bankers to keep their distance. That changed in a hurry after Facebook Inc. proposed creating its own digital currency, Libra. Suddenly, the concept was seen as both practical and as… → Read More
U.K. Finance Watchdog Proposes Retail Crypto Derivatives Ban
(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s financial services regulator is proposing a ban on retail sales of derivatives tied to some crypto assets, as it seeks to clamp down on risky financial products.The Financial Conduct Authority said cryptocurrencies have no reliable basis for valuation, while market abuse and → Read More
Harvard Takes the Plunge Into Crypto With a Token Sale Investment
Blockstack said in a regulatory filing Thursday that Charlie Saravia, a managing director at Harvard Management Co., is a representative on an advisory committee it formed for the sale of tokens. Harvard Management and two other investors have already purchased about 95.8 million of the company’s tokens → Read More
JPMorgan's Crypto Coin Puts Ripple's Relevance in Question
The newest cryptocurrency on the block has been used in just one trial transaction and it’s already being hailed as a game changer for digital assets. → Read More