The Compass Fund aims to tap into "the two greatest megatrends of the 21st century" – sustainable investing and AI. Peter Kellner talks to Peter Cripps
The South Korea-based fund should seek to derisk investments and explore innovative solutions such as resilience bonds, argues Alexandra Tracy
Click here to download free, Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Bond Insight. This features info graphics and data of the main trends of 2018 in the green, social and sustainable bond markets together with forward looking commentary from leading market commentators.
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Green bond issuance should skyrocket over the next few years in the Asia-Pacific region, and this trend will be significantly driven by the construction of green buildings, according to projections from the IFC.
Proposed revisions to the UK Stewardship Code could be a game changer, if they encourage investment laggards to play their part in the sustainability transition, argues Claire Jones
Combining factor investing and ESG, and adopting AI-based ESG data are among the hot trends in sustainability-focused indexes, writes Peter Cripps
In the final part of a series on highly influential proxy voting providers, Michael Hurley asks what PIRC is doing to develop the guidance it provides investors on environmental issues
There is a baffling array of sustainability-focused reporting frameworks and standards. Would it be beneficial to bring them into alignment, asks Elena Johansson.
Bancolombia, which is Colombia's largest commercial bank, decided to focus its efforts on green buildings above other areas that it also finances, such as clean production and agribusiness.
Latin American green bond issuance has been hesitant in 2018. The green agenda is very much intact, however, and market participants expect a pick-up when market conditions improve, explains Keith Mullin.
One of the most significant growth opportunities in the capital markets today is in green bonds in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the IFC.
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Environmental Finance is delighted to announce that our 9th annual Fixed Income & ESG featuring the Green Bonds Europe conference will take place on 17 June in London. More info will be available soon.
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Banks are in "the early days" of understanding and addressing the climate risks in their portfolios, a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance heard.
It is important that the recommendations of the Task Force on…
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD),…
The Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) initiative is…
German asset managers MEAG and Luxcara have structured a debt and equity deal to finance two wind farms in Norway.
Private equity firm Ardian has agreed to invest €300 million…
Institutional investors' average portfolio exposure to renewable…
