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Domestic mutual funds join the ESG bandwagon, but it's still early days

Currently, ESG funds have AUM of around Rs 10,500 crore

Well run mid- and small-caps seeing strong growth: Emkay Investment CEO

Global interest rates are likely to remain benign for long, says Vikaas Sachdeva in interview.

We see ESG integration becoming mandatory: Deepak Khurana of Refinitiv

In a Q&A, Deepak Khurana, Director, Sustainable Finance and Lipper, Asia-Pacific at Refinitiv, says India has ranked high on policy community involvement with 99 per cent transparency rating

Step forward for cities

Municipal bonds can help push local development

Kotak Mahindra AMC to launch ESG fund, offer open between Nov 20-Dec 4

The asset manager will use Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings, a leading global provider of ESG research, ratings and data, to support its Kotak ESG Opportunities Fund

Mirae MF launches passive ESG funds, NFOs open between Oct 27-Nov 10

Mirae Asset ESG Sector Leaders ETF is an open-ended scheme tracking Nifty 100 ESG Sector Leaders Total Return Index. The second, an FoF, will invest predominantly in this ETF

FPIs prune exposure in tobacco stocks over high taxes, greater ESG focus

ESG investing, or "sustainable investing" is about responsible business conduct, and cigarette firms were globally being screened out by this class of investors

Top-performing fund avoids investments in emerging markets low on ESG score

The $1.5-billion Candriam SRI Bond Emerging Markets Fund has outperformed almost 90 per cent of peers in the past three years and screens for ESG factors

The fund managers, the sleuths and the mystery of the missing ESG

Accompanied by a cameraman, Beslik spent 10 days meeting villagers and taking samples from streams close to the plants supplying companies that his then-firm had invested in

WABAG to raise Rs 120 cr from Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and others

Company says this is the first time it has proposed to raise equity capital since its IPO in 2010

Street signs: SBI Cards IPO, ESG funds get stewardship push, and more

Brokers say many wanting get to their hands on the country's second-largest credit card company have bought shares of parent State Bank of India (SBI) from the secondary market in recent weeks.

Five trends that will shape governance in 2020s

Governance is a journey, not a destination

World-saving sustainability-linked loans finally gain ground in Asia

Companies in the Asia-Pacific area are riding a global groundswell in demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) loans and other feel-good investments

ESG funds gaining traction in India, but doubts about them abound

With corporate governance suddenly leaping to forefront of newspaper headlines in India - from ICICI Bank to IL&FS - ESG funds in India may find more takers than the cynics suggest

Three ex-Tata group execs tie up with Quantum Advisors for $1-bn ESG fund

ESG is a very popular theme of investing to improve companies' performance on responsible practices

Ten funds with a conscience

A number of mutual funds take environmental, social and corporate governance into account