Tom Steffen

Quantitative researcher in #SustainableFinance, #London. PhD from @uoebusiness. From small @LuxembourgLU 🇱🇺!

[ReviewofFinance @ReviewofFinance]

US funds that sign the PRI don't actually invest responsibly - either by investing in companies with high ESG scores, or by improving their ESG performance post-investment. @TheEconomist feature story on "Do Responsible Investors Invest Responsibly?". https://t.co/7wxNtxEYfZ

[ReviewofFinance @ReviewofFinance]

Do investors that sign the UN PRI practice what they preach? Outside the US, signatories have more sustainable holdings than non-signatories. But in the US, their holdings are at best similar, if not worse; they also fail to reform ESG underperformers. https://t.co/0jG2dRQ4F2.

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

Like sausages, the process of making a G20 communiqué isn't pretty. Here's how the wording changed from Fri until Sun on new domestic coal-fired stations, from an immediate stop, to one in the 2030s, to finally a vague voluntary commitment with not date | #COP26 #coal

[ECGI @ecgiorg]

🇺🇸Some US-domiciled institutional investors are able to attract higher flows & thus their primary motive is commercially-driven. #greenwashing
~ 👥Rajna Gibson, Simon Gloßner, @ProfessorKruger, Pedro Matos, @TomSteffen_LU

🔍Read the full article: https://t.co/Ytxl3TbfNN

[César A. Hidalgo @cesifoti]

There is a lot of discussion of bias in economics. This discussion is justified & needed. What I can add to this is some stories on how economists treat people from outside the field. Let me share with you a few bone chilling stories of what I’ve been through 🧵/1 #EconTwitter

[Responsible Investor @RI_News_Alert]

ESG scores: an outdated concept

https://t.co/iwCQmGNxUi

[Dr. Danna Young🇺🇸✌🏻 @dannagal]

I've received several DMs from friends asking what do to about parents/family members who believe misinformation regarding the election, vaccines and COVID. Here's a research-based thread to help explain the roots of these beliefs and how to (and how *not* to) address them. 1/

[Nick Stylianou 👀 @nmsonline]

The European Commission just snuck out this infographic on the #Brexit EU-UK trade deal vs EU membership:

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

Absolutely damning data on the complete failure to follow Covid-19 guidelines in the UK
• Only 18% of people self-isolate after developing symptoms
• Only 11% quarantine after being told by NHS Test and Trace that they’ve been in contact with a confirmed case

[Tim Bale @ProfTimBale]

UK: far/top right. #COVID19

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW with @AndyBounds, @sarahnev & @Laura_K_Hughes:

The UK government’s published numbers of new cases at local authority level only include pillar 1 and *not* pillar 2 cases, meaning as many as 90% of new cases are missing from the data

https://t.co/xGydQLHWjX

Thread:

[Gary Younge @garyyounge]

Martin Luther King in the season premier of Game of Thrones (For those not fully up to speed with the crass ignorance of our government here's an explainer. https://t.co/uaUdo9Xczz)

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Why a premature opening will actually delay recovery, UK edition https://t.co/Pw4h8IM3dB

[Sir David King @Sir_David_King]

Science is a discipline based on peer review, therefore it is critical scientific advice is transparent. We are convening this meeting not to criticise the scientists on SAGE but to ensure that what we believe is the best science is available and in the public domain.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

I don’t think I’ve said this loud enough, so here goes: Every economist I know believes that the single best way to ensure a robust recovery is to beat the bug. There’s no economic health without public health.

[richard donnell @richard_donnell]

New housing listed for sale by day versus last year - #lockdown has sent volumes down to 10% of last year #zoopla #housing #portals

[Robert Peston @Peston]

This is the best measure I’ve seen of quite how few #COVID19 tests the UK has done. It is an international league table of countries ranked by percentage of population tested, compiled by Julian Ozanne (who was on FT with me in another life). The UK comes 20th out of 20

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

This is a useful timeline

https://t.co/JzGyCxB7Q7

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

This tongue in cheek map shows just how huge #Luxemburg really is! It fits #Andorra #Malta #Monaco and the #Vatican among others...

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

@devisridhar The city of New York is currently doing more than twice as many tests as the whole of the UK.

South Korea had its first case of #coronvirus at the same time as the US & UK.

It introduced mass testing & has only had 158 #Covid19 deaths - just 6 yesterday.
https://t.co/KqNAT2EakU