With ESG indices reporting positive performances in all regions, and a growing interest for ESG themed structured products in Europe, panellists at the virtual SRP Americas 2020 conference discussed why things in the US market have been a bit slower to get in motion.

There are many reasons why the uptake in ESG-linked structured investments is a little slow in the US, according to Melissa Brown ( pictured ), head of applied research, Qontigo. “There has generally been a perception that performance was going to be negatively impacted in an ESG strategy. We know that this is not really true, but I think that many investors were very concerned about that,” said Brown. It does not help that for certain products a lot more history, back-testing

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