Chirag Mehta, Senior fund manager, alternative investments, Quantum Mutual Fund Allocate 20% of equity investment to ESG funds ESG investing replaces the question: “How much return?” with “How much sustainable return?” Claims that you have to surrender returns to engage in sustainable investing are flawed. Evidence suggests it often boosts the risk-adjusted rate of return....Read More

Why should fixed-income investors factor sustainability into their investment decisions, and what are the approaches available to them? What drives an impactful engagement with a credit issuer? These are some of the key questions Hermes EOS clients and prospective investors ask about ESG and engagement in fixed-income markets. Here Mitch Reznick, head of research and...Read More

The Brief  |  January 28, 2020 The Brief: Capital on the Frontier call, guaranteed impact, cash allocations, SDG six-pack, Techstars’ Atlanta impact, all-electric GM, steady pay     ImpactAlpha Greetings, Agents of Impact!  Signals: Ahead of the Curve Funders pool $33 million in credit guarantees to catalyze community investments. Philanthropic commitments to cover loan losses could catalyze hundreds of...Read More