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...Also, my favourite ESG sceptic, Stuart Kirk writes that “we are all hypocrites on corporate governance”....
...And somebody has to arbitrarily decide the relative weightings between “E” or “S” and “G”....
...“Banks will miss a bonanza,” Kirk argues. “Moral high grounds invariably crumble.” Kirk’s argument is sound. But I humbly posit a different viewpoint....
...In Quarterback, yet another Netflix sports doc, Kirk Cousins comes across as the earnest, dweeby workhorse against the flashier talents of others such as Patrick Mahomes....
...She became the first woman to win the 268-mile Montane Spine Race, from Edale in England to Kirk Yetholm in Scotland, in 2019....
...Stuart Kirk. . . or rising....
...Should investors ignore E, S and G issues when evaluating investments? If Kirk thinks so, why doesn’t he say so? Of course he doesn’t....
...In 2021, S&P started publishing numbered scores from 1 to 5 for the three E, S and G categories as part of corporate credit scores....
...Payments company Visa, for example, had received a two for “E” and “S” and a three for “G”....
...John Ralfe John Ralfe Consulting, Kirk IretonDerbyshire, UK...
...And take note of an embarrassing saga linked to Glencore about the “G” in the ESG tag....
...patrick.jenkins@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Pension Protection Fund must be left to do its job / From John Ralfe, John Ralfe Consulting, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire, UK...
...Finally, please check out our colleague Stuart Kirk’s latest contrarian column today, inspired by Moral Money’s reporting on ESG funds’ appetite for Nvidia. You read it here first....
...said there is no way Toyota would sell down their cross-shareholdings like this, and the fact they have done it sends a very clear signal to the rest of Japan,” said Carl Vine, a portfolio manager at M&G,...
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...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read Beyond the SVB fiasco, global warming problems persist....
...He is observing what others are observing,” said Vine at M&G. “I’m very excited” by the outlook, he added....
...One considers E, S and G as inputs into an investment process, the other as outputs — or goals — to maximise. This conflict leads to myriad misunderstandings....
...That may have led to weak governance standards, hurting Japanese companies’ performance on the ‘G’ element of ESG....
...And then take note of a piece we ran on Monday that pointed out how peculiar these accusations seem, since if SVB had paid attention to “G” — ie governance — its risk management might not have been so dire...
...Green (like brown) companies can suffer when a capricious leader subverts “G” norms....
...Many companies — including Vodafone, banks Lloyds Banking Group and HSBC, insurers Legal & General and Aviva, fund manager M&G, exhibitions company Informa and warehouse group Segro — attempted to relieve...
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