Biography
Neil Scarth is a Principal of Frost Consulting, which works with asset managers and asset owners on a variety of research issues including research valuation/budgeting software platforms (FrostRB), strategy-level research spending database/benchmarks (FrostDB), and investment process ESG ratings. He has held a wide range of roles in asset management and investment banking in both Europe and North America, ranging from running equities businesses at global banks to launching and managing all aspects of varying asset management products. He has also published on related topics with CFA Institute, Stanford University, and the University of Edinburgh.
The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) fund industry reached a crossroads on 26 August 2021.
US managers have been slower to board the ESG bandwagon relative to their European peers. How can they catch up?
The active equity strategies of European managers are at significant risk.