Europe EQD: AQR’s Lasse Heje Pedersen Talks ESG Investing In Academic Keynote

Lasse Heje Pedersen, principal at AQR Capital Management and professor of finance at Copenhagen business school and NYU, kicked off the second day of Europe EQD discussing the costs and benefits of environmental, social and governance investing. Key takeaways Pedersen calls for honesty in ESG investing, explaining that there are both costs and benefits involved.