It is clear to many market participants that focusing attention solely on traditional company-specific data such as standard ratios and financial outputs is no longer adequate.
An examination instead of non-financial information may offer an opportunity to access an alternative return stream. This approach is commonly described as ESG - environmental, social and governance factors - and is a growing part of the asset management landscape both in terms of the attention it is getting from those that have the power to invest and by asset owners who are directing their flows towards ESG strategies. In some quarters the election of Donald Trump as US President has been taken as a retrograde step with regard to the advancement of ESG, particularly in the US, which...
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