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Responsible Investment Quarterly – Q4 2019

View the Q4 2019 edition of the Responsible Investment team’s Quarterly Report

In this issue we explore the following:

  • Foreword
  • Portfolio Manager Viewpoint
  • Country Head Focus – Germany
  • Carbon Offsetting: New or Improved?
  • Behavioural Finance: Inadequacies of Forecasting
  • Stewardship in action
20 February 2020
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The research and analysis included on this website has been produced by Columbia Threadneedle Investments for its own investment management activities, may have been acted upon prior to publication and is made available here incidentally. Any opinions expressed are made as at the date of publication but are subject to change without notice and should not be seen as investment advice. Information obtained from external sources is believed to be reliable but its accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

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