All Alternatives articles – Page 35
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White papersWill the planets align for a green and energy transition?
Sycomore AM believes that through a combination of increased collective awareness, technological innovation and an enhanced regulatory landscape, the planets can align to ensure a meaningful and durable transition. But will they?
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White papers* How can the investment industry address the biodiversity crisis? *
It’s never been more important for the financial sector, including the investment industry, to take steps to help safeguard the planet’s threatened biodiversity. In the wake of International Biodiversity Day, ESG analyst Robert-Alexandre Poujade explores the areas in which investors can make a difference.
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White papers* Our roadmap to addressing biodiversity loss *
Biodiversity loss entails physical, transition and systemic risks for investors. That is why BNP Paribas Asset Management believes it is essential to integrate biodiversity into its approach to sustainable investing including reporting on its water and forest footprints and developing common biodiversity metrics.
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White papersShifts & Narratives #3 - The ‘make it or break it moment’: why investors should care about COP26?
The Conference of the Parties (COP)26 in Glasgow has been hailed as a turning point in the global fight regarding climate change amid a new US administration and a long and strenuous exit from the Covid-19 pandemic. Six years on from the Paris agreement, the objective is clear: limit the temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial averages, which means reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and cutting them by half this decade.
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WebinarU.S. direct lending market update
Ken Kencel, President & CEO, Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen, gives his insights on recent trends and market activities as well as the impacts of the pandemic.
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White papersStewardship in a pandemic
The pandemic has starkly illustrated the links between different sustainability issues. We have explored these links, and the challenges for companies, employees, investors, and wider society in a series of articles highlighting our stewardship work.
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White papersHow to talk to clients about Bitcoin
Fear of missing out is a powerful force in investing. And it’s difficult to ignore an asset that has gained more than 500,000% in just a few years, eliciting headline-grabbing commentary from Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, among others.
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PodcastThe mindful investor
Can investment professionals benefit from approaching their working day more mindfully? Could mindfulness hold the key to reducing work-related stress while boosting productivity and making us better colleagues? To find out more, tune in to the latest episode of Fundamentals.
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Asset Manager NewsTIAA General Account is Committing to Achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2050
TIAA, a leading provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions to millions of people and thousands of institutions, has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions in its General Account by 2050.
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Research Report2021 Agribusiness ESG and Sustainability Public Report
Cultivating investments in family and founder-led companies in the food and agriculture value chain.
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White papersPlant-based food and alternative proteins look set to upend food industry
The food industry is on the brink of a decade of profound change. Unparalleled growth in plant, micro-organism, and animal-cell based alternatives has the potential to drive this change as consumer tastes evolve, meat intake is being reduced or cut altogether and demand for alternative food types rises.
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White papersResponsible investing at Nuveen
Unlocking investment potential while making an enduring impact on our world
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White papersCash dethroned: reallocation opportunities for insurers under Solvency II
Insurers continue to grapple with historically low cash rates and potentially high capital charges on some defensive assets under Solvency II.
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White papersESG investing depends on deep analysis
Capital Group investment analyst Frank Beaudry goes the extra mile to research a company’s approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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White papersFrom fossil fuels to renewables
In this paper, François Beaudry and Natalya Zeman consider the key long-term investment implications of the transition towards sustainable energy.
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White papers* Sustainability in the time of uncertainty *
Here is the third in a series of regular articles on current academic research into a range of responsible investment topics. The papers discussed were presented at the annual GRASFI [1] conference.
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White papersSustainable investing – Our approach to stewardship
As part of our stewardship strategy, we regard proxy voting as a key component of being a responsible and transparent investor.
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White papersGeopolitics of the vaccine
Eighteen months after the first Covid-19 cases hit China, the outbreak is still uncontrolled globally and remains the main source of economic uncertainty outside Northern Asia. As long as there is no treatment, access to effective vaccines is the main factor in returning to a ‘normal’ life.
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Research ReportThink EQuilibrium - 2021 global institutional investor study
This new, annual global research explores the drivers of investor behavior and their impact on people, portfolios and problem-solving, with a particular focus on alternatives, responsible investing and the human side of asset management. We also look at the beliefs, mindsets and priorities that inform those drivers.
