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  • Engaging with sovereigns on ESG issues is a challenge, says Allianz

    24 June 2019

    Engagement with sovereign issuers of debt on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is difficult for investors,partly because of a lack of available data, according to investment management giant Allianz Global Investors.

  • MSCI launches carbon transition indexes

    21 June 2019

    Data provider MSCI has launched a new series of ‘low-carbon transition’ indexes, as it extends its range of climate change-focused indexes.

  • Impact investors say AUM soared 86% over four years

    21 June 2019

    Impact investors have seen their assets under management increase by 86% over the past four years, a survey of the market suggests.

  • Exxon and other laggards excluded from LGIM Future World Funds

    21 June 2019

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has excluded more climate change laggards from its Future World Funds range after they failed to respond to its engagement programme.

  • Germany’s Dürr claims first ESG-linked Schuldschein

    20 June 2019

    German engineering group Dürr has raised €200 million ($224 million) from an innovative Schuldschein whose coupon will vary according to the company’s sustainability rating.

  • Green and sustainability-linked loan market breaks $100bn barrier

    19 June 2019

    The combined total of all green and sustainability-linked loans issued to date has reached about $111.5 billion, according to figures compiled by Environmental Finance.

  • Spatial data's potential to spot environmental risk in sovereign bonds

    14 June 2019

    Data generated by satellite imagery can help sovereign bond investors better assess environmental risks that could weaken a country's economy, a report said.

  • European alternatives managers top in ESG performance despite Asian, US improvement

    11 June 2019

    European alternatives managers continue to lead the world in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, but Asia and the US are steadily improving, according to a new report from LGT Capital Partners.

  • €40bn planned climate endowment to invest in 'green industrial revolution'

    10 June 2019

    A planned "climate endowment" fund hopes to raise between €20 billion ($22.6 billion) and €40 billion to enable institutional investors to invest in "the champions of the green industrial revolution".

  • Pimco sees little impact on returns from ESG bias in developed markets

    05 June 2019

    Returns from Pimco's global bond funds which focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, (LINK) have been very similar to those from their traditional counterparts, said Andrew Balls, the company's CIO, global fixed income.