##  [# Hot Reads: Active Mgmt's New Appeal](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-active-mgmts-new-appeal) 

 

# Hot Reads: Active Mgmt's New Appeal

 

 

Plus, money managers' stated climate goals and portfolios don't always align.



 

 

 

 

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**[Active Management Could Thrive Now](https://www.fa-mag.com/news/active-management-could-thrive-now--two-studies-suggest-63871.html)** (FA Magazine)  
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**[Is Wall St. Gaming ESG Scores?](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2021/09/09/how-wall-street-is-gaming-esg-scores)** (Advisor Perspectives)  
 There are vast inconsistencies between the stated climate objectives of money managers and the “the reality of their investments.”

**[How One Manager Quantifies ESG Investing](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1thlw1h1rvqdd/How-PanAgora-Is-Quantifying-ESG-Investing)** (Institutional Investor)  
 Using machine learning techniques, one quant manager says it’s possible to measure ESG impacts even when data is hard to come by.

**[Funds Go Green, But Sometimes In Name Only](https://www.wsj.com/articles/funds-go-green-but-sometimes-in-name-only-11631179801)** (Wall Street Journal)  
 Over half of the funds that have been rebranded as ESG were experiencing chronic outflows before the name change.

**[Why Do Stablecoins Offer Such High Interest Rates?](https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/09/why-do-stablecoins-offer-such-high-rates-of-interest/)** (A Wealth of Common Sense)  
 Finance nerds will enjoy the story about the Coinbase/SEC kerfuffle this week regarding regulations and what constitutes a security.

**[SEC Punts On VanEck Bitcoin ETF Decision](https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/117128/sec-punts-on-vaneck-bitcoin-etf-decision-until-november-14)** (The Block Crypto)  
 But the entity says it aims to either approve or disapprove the proposed rule change by Nov. 14, 2021.

**[The Model Portfolio Landscape In 7 Charts](https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1057106/the-model-portfolio-landscape-in-7-charts)** (Morningstar)  
 What’s driving its rapid growth.

**[The 4 Financial Plotlines](https://ritholtz.com/2021/09/financial-plotlines/)** (The Big Picture)  
 Four intriguing thematic plots that seem to appear the most in finance.



 

 

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