Investor & analyst targetingFAQs

Why are asset managers interested in sustainability?

For four reasons: Primarily, because their clients (both institutional and retail investors) demand it of them; secondarily because regulators are demanding it (and requiring reporting from asset managers.

 

Asset managers are also interested because, for active funds, there can be investment performance advantage in taking sustainability factors into account. Finally, asset managers are sometimes major companies in their own right and therefore have CSR obligation to "do the right thing".