Are we witnessing the green shoots of a Swiss fintech sub-sector?
When it comes to greening up the Swiss financial sector, fintech can also play a role. But start-ups need cash. So it’s been suggested that the government part-finance a proposed fund to boost innovation and encourage pension funds and venture capitalists to invest in more green technology.
This content was published on April 16, 2021 - 18:00
April 16, 2021 - 18:00
Matthew Allen
When not covering fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, banks and trade, swissinfo.ch s business correspondent can be found playing cricket on various grounds in Switzerland - including the frozen lake of St Moritz.
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All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and investor AXA SA recently scored a market-beating success. Not by delivering higher returns, but by generating a lower level of global warming.
If human activity is driving carbon emissions and temperatures to dangerous highs, then a giant asset owner like AXA with a 650 billion-euro ($790 billion) horde of stocks, corporate bonds and sovereign debt is one of the principal proprietors of climate change. In theory, that means every investment portfolio can be evaluated for the “warming potential” of its underlying assets.