ESG credentials and strategy are the biggest influencers when it comes to making fund investment decisions, according to new research* among alternative fund managers across the UK, US and Europe carried out by Ocorian, a specialist provider of alternative fund services and global leader in entity administration, fiduciary and compliance solutions. This is followed by the investment fund’s manager and its capital growth, which ranked as the second and third most important dynamic respectively when it comes to making fund investment decisions.
Its study found almost all (98%) alternative asset managers agree that it will become harder to launch new funds unless they have a strong ESG focus. Of these, almost two in five (39%) strongly agree with this view...
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