RBC Global Asset Management has launched a sustainable investment research programme in collaboration with the Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre within the University of Exeter Business school.
The programme, led by professor Chendi Zhang, director of the Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre, will look at how climate risk exposure and sustainable finance more generally affect the risk-return trade-off of assets. "We have seen a remarkable growth in sustainable investing in the past decade," Zhang said. "Climate change and its implications for financial markets have drawn increasing attention from investors and policy makers but an important question still to be addressed is how climate risk and sustainability affects asset returns." Zhang added: "This research programme will...
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