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Are sustainable funds mainstream?
The once-niche area of sustainable funds has clearly gained traction within the last decade and a well-diversified sustainable investment market has emerged with demand from investors – both retail and institutional – and a wide range of investment opportunities and strategies being offered by asset managers and sponsors. 2018 saw a record amount of capital – EUR 12,3 trillion – going into sustainable strategies(1). There is an increasing number of funds using environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria: more than 1,200 currently. All major assets managers (including BlackRock, Vanguard and Pimco) offer sustainable strategies or ESG-driven products.
Such evolution shows it is possible to...
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