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Do you fully understand your fiduciary manager's approach to ESG? - XPS Investment

Fiduciary managers need to do more to incorporate ESG into their investment strategies according to XPS findings.

Posted on Oct 04, 2021

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... Many trustees will have appointed fiduciary managers with the expectation that their scheme’s ESG beliefs would be reflected in the investment strategy. Despite the increasing regulations and increased interest in ESG, a lot of variation between different managers remains and XPS's survey shows that most fiduciary managers need to do more.

In their survey, XPS benchmark different fiduciary managers’ approaches. For example, XPS assess how ESG beliefs are being implemented, whether any climate change considerations are set and whether ESG forms a part of their KPIs and/or remuneration policies. XPS also provide key recommendations for trustees to capture and assess the alignment of their ESG beliefs.

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