Asset managers are taking a more active role on ESG issues with companies in their portfolios to influence potential outcomes such as greater transparency, improved behaviors and reduced uncertainty and risk, according to a recent survey.
The National Action Network recently sent letters to two higher education institutions asking them to report and break out granular data on the diversity of their collective $40 billion in endowment assets as it looks to tackle the issue of utilization of diverse-owned asset management firms.
The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group has published a list of 12 key ESG-related metrics for all public equity and public credit managers to report on