Sustainable investing refers to investment strategies that take into account environmental, social and governance ESG factors when making investment decisions.
Since 2018, ESG-focussed strategies are increasingly adopted by institutional investors however, backlash concerns have emerged around investment risks and a macro landscape, especially with growing scepticism in the US, the world’s largest financial market.
A Citywire report in 2021 suggested that among the 16,353 active managers in their database, 1,932 were female, accounting for 11.8% of the total composition. 18% of the actively managed funds were run by women or a mixed team of women and men. The Times suggested that funds managed by only...