EM Insider: Navigating volatility and negative externalities within the sustainable EM market

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Ninety One’s Juliana Hansveden and Citywire’s Krystle Higgins discuss navigating negative externalities and ESG issues within sustainable EM investing.
‘Sustainability within EM means identifying growth opportunities and the risks attached.’
In the latest episode of this series, EM sustainable equities portfolio manager, Juliana Hansveden, and Citywire Selector’s Krystle Higgins discuss how Hansveden dealt with the volatility within EM markets in 2022. As well as her views on human rights issues and ESG within an EM context. Along with how to decide between engaging and divesting from a company with negative externalities such as forced labour or a poor environmental record.
5 Dec 2022 English South Africa Business

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