Are Treasuries a sustainable bet?


TO many, the strategy would be unthinkable. But for almost two decades, a US$60bil wealth manager in Belgium has been shunning US Treasuries.

Degroof Petercam Asset Management (DPAM) says Treasuries aren’t good enough for its flagship sustainable government bond fund because the United States doesn’t score well enough on metrics like equality and democracy. 

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