{"id":169314,"date":"2020-04-24T07:50:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=169314"},"modified":"2020-04-24T07:50:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:50:54","slug":"why-responsible-and-sustainable-esg-investing-is-now-mainstream-devere-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/04\/why-responsible-and-sustainable-esg-investing-is-now-mainstream-devere-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why responsible and sustainable (ESG) investing is now mainstream: deVere CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"
April 24, 2020<\/div>
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By George Prior <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Economic and social upheaval plus the collapse of oil prices have pushed responsible and impactful investing further into mainstream finance, affirms the CEO of one of the world\u2019s largest independent financial advisory organizations.<\/p>\n

The comments from Nigel Green, the chief executive and founder of deVere Group,\u00a0come as the global coronavirus emergency continues and as oil prices went negative this week for the first time in history.<\/p>\n

Mr Green says: \u201cAt the start of 2020 I said that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing would reshape the investment landscape in this new decade \u2013 but this phenomenon has been dramatically and irreversibly accelerated by the current situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, ESG investments often outperformed the market and had lower volatility over the long-run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is perhaps more impressive is that those investments with robust ESG credentials are still typically continuing to outperform throughout the coronavirus-triggered stock market crashes where major indices were extremely volatile, with some plummeting 20 per cent.<\/p>

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\u201cClearly, this is going to increasingly attract both retail and institutional investors seeking decent returns in turbulent times.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cThe collapse of oil prices, which are likely not to rebound to pre-crisis levels in the short-term, has also helped drive ESG investments to the top of the performance charts and keep them there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is because ESG funds circumnavigate oil stocks, so their performance will not be adversely impacted by the fall in share prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a wider and growing force behind the rise of Environmental, Social and Governance investing,\u201d says Nigel Green.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current situation has acted as a wake-up call in many respects.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt underscores that human health is reliant upon healthy ecosystems; that we need to ensure the sustainability of supply chains; and that those companies with robust corporate governance and good business practice fare better in difficult times and are ultimately best-positioned for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis growing collective awareness of mutual responsibility fits perfectly into the narrative of ESG investing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deVere CEO concludes: \u201cThe collective wake-up call delivered by Covid-19 plus\u00a0the search for profits in these highly unusual times are catapulting responsible, sustainable and impactful investing into the mainstream.\u201d<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong><\/p>\n

deVere Group is one of the world\u2019s largest independent advisors of specialist global financial solutions to international, local mass affluent, and high-net-worth clients.\u00a0 It has a network of more than 70 offices across the world, over 80,000 clients and $12bn under advisement.<\/em><\/p>\n

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