Beyond the ESG Portfolio: How Wall Street Can Help Democracies Survive (inbunden, eng)

How to be confident that your ESG investments serve your clients’ needs—and take Democracy into account

It is easy to unintentionally finance autocrats by using benchmark indices, which often include bonds and stocks of countries slipping down the democracy rankingsDespite best intentions, an investor may be investing in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or supporting a leader like Hugo Chavez without realizing it. This is the kind of situation Beyond the ESG Portfolio sheds clear light on.

In this timely book, Marcos Buscaglia, a Latin America economist, emerging markets expert, and an emerging voice on the relationship between democracy and markets, argues that the current ESG criteria has brought environmental and social standards into investment decisions, but its approach to democracy needs to be refinedYou’ll learn everything you need to know about the connection between Wall Street and the economic, social, and foreign policies of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Russia President Vladimir Putin, China President Xi Jinping, and a host of Latin American autocrats, and how ESG criteria has not been able to stop markets from funding their regimes  

Investors need to trust that their portfolio managers are using their money for good when they allocate funds to ESGBeyond the ESG Portfolio shows how to make the most informed and nuanced decisions for every one of your clients. 

Format	Inbunden
Omfång	272 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	McGraw-Hill Education
Utgivningsdatum	2024-02-16
ISBN	9781265115609