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“Companies with poor ESG ratings are a significant risk”

Ivan Walser, fund manager at Graubündner Kantonalbank, explains why quality and high ESG scores are strongly correlated and why he is currently overweighting the financial sector and investing in Kuehne + Nagel.

“High quality correlates strongly with high ESG ratings,” says GKB fund manager Ivan Walser.

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Graubündner Kantonalbank has been running a global equity fund since 2017. The manager in charge, Ivan Walser, managed to beat the world stock market. The fund, which is limited to a maximum of fifty companies, has been aligned to ESG criteria since last year. In addition to financial parameters, the investments are selected with a view to the environment, society and corporate management.

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