Three panellists from different background shined a light on the sustainability of ESG-linked structured products in view of the latest Esma guidelines.
“It is wrong to say that investors and issuers no longer care about ESG,” Armelle Loeb, head of Emea sell-side index & ESG Sales at STOXX, kicked off the panel by clearing the air. The senior sales specialist acknowledged a decrease in demand for ESG indices for investments but noted that “basic ESG considerations are still part of day to day”. 2024 was “an extremely busy year” as the index provider as well as product issuers started to implement th