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Socially Responsible Investing Will Require Human Input, Not Algorithms April 14, 2021 Successful sustainable investments may require a seasoned financial expert to steer the helm, as opposed to relying too heavily on algorithms. As more investors around the world consider socially responsible investments that track environmental, social, and governance issues, Goldman Sachs argued that people help lay the groundwork for better ESG investments, Bloomberg reports. To do “ESG, activism and stewardship, it requires people, ” Thomas Konig, Goldman’s head of asset management in the Nordic ...

It was nice while it lasted. For a while there was a very warm feeling at Credit Suisse and a tepid sort of feeling at Barclays following the news that CS would be raising junior salaries and giving a special $20k bonus to bankers below VP-level, and that Barclays would be curtailing senior bankers' ability to give junior bankers work to do at the weekends.  Now it seems that there may be some downsides too. While Credit Suisse is busy handing out prizes with one hand, it seems to be preparing to take them away with the other. Following the big losses on Archegos Capital Management and ...

ESG might bring with it a revival of active management that will also encompass ETFs. Frances Schwartzkopff | Apr 13, 2021   (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has found that successful sustainable investment decisions require a human touch that algorithms have so far been unable to match. In Copenhagen, where Goldman is expanding to grab more of the cash-rich Nordic asset management market, smart environmental, social and governance investing calls are key to winning business. And as Nordic countries blaze a trail in all things ESG, whatever works in the region is likely to beco...