##  [# Hot Reads: Not Enough ESG Investments for Demand](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-not-enough-esg-investments-demand) 

 

# Hot Reads: Not Enough ESG Investments for Demand

 

 

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**[Demand for ESG Investments Outstrips Supply](https://www.ft.com/content/5763c866-3437-4b66-8467-09486454a162)** (Financial Times)  
 Cost of compliance could be one factor holding back development of new products, studies suggest.

**[Regulation &amp; Recession Fears Are Making Managers Rethink ESG](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b2055mpjjss6qj/Regulations-and-Recession-Fears-Are-Making-Managers-Rethink-ESG)** (Institutional Investor)  
 Almost half of asset managers plan to pause or reconsider their current ESG strategies, according to KPMG.

**[The Global Recovery Winds Down](https://jheconomics.com/the-global-recovery-winds-down/)** (Jackson Hole Economics)  
 Policymakers need to coordinate fiscal and monetary actions to tame inflation and improve long-term growth.

**[IMF, World Bank Warn of Increasing Global Recession Risk](https://jheconomics.com/where-has-all-the-liquidity-gone/)** (Financial Advisor)  
 Advanced economies slowing and faster inflation are forcing the Fed to keep raising interest rates, adding to the debt pressures on developing nations.

**[What Do Millionaires Invest In?](https://alphaarchitect.com/2022/10/millionaires-invest/)** (AlphaArchitect)  
 Respondents in the study, on average, held 53% of their portfolios in equities.

**[S&amp;P 500 Likely to Report Earnings Growth of 6-7% for Q3 2022](https://insight.factset.com/sp-500-likely-to-report-earnings-growth-of-6-to-7-for-q3-2022)** (FactSet)  
 If the index reports actual earnings growth of 2.4% for the quarter, it will be the lowest reported by the index since Q3 2020.

**[Recession Fears Rise to Pandemic-Level Heights](https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2022/10/10/recession-fears-rise-to-pandemic-level-heights/)** (ThinkAdvisor)  
 The level of concern mirrors that at the height of the pandemic, when 75% of investors worried a recession was in the works.

**[ETF Flows Show Investors Remain Defensive Despite Last Week's Rally](https://www.thestreet.com/etffocus/blog/etf-flows-investors-remain-defensive-despite-last-weeks-rally)** (ETF Focus)  
 The majority of new money is still going into Treasury bills and floaters.

**[Looking Beyond the Growth Stock Shock](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2022/10/10/looking-beyond-the-growth-stock-shock)** (Advisor Perspectives)  
 Opportunity exists, but selectivity is critical.

**[Where Has All the Liquidity Gone?](https://jheconomics.com/where-has-all-the-liquidity-gone/)** (Jackson Hole Economics)  
 Monetary-policy normalization will be exceedingly difficult and fraught with risk.



 

 

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