Nordea AM: ESG criteria easier for active investors

It is very difficult to apply ESG criteria consistently to purely passive investments. Active investments lend themselves much better to this. It is easier to apply an integration approach that goes beyond exclusions in active management. In the end, it is all about the client’s profile, which has to match the risk/reward profile of a fund or strategy and the client’s sustainability preferences. 

Comment: SFDR, confusion keeps us grey

Not all European regulations are good. Under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), part of the EU Green Deal, asset managers must disclose information on sustainability. The objective is thus more transparency and openness in this area. However, from the start the directive was used as a means to classify funds.