Archive

  • BlackRock launches fund with SDR label

    17 January 2025

    BlackRock has launched its first fund to have a label under the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime.

  • More 'honesty' needed about biodiversity funds, says AXA IM

    09 January 2025

    Investors are increasingly interested in the market's largest biodiversity strategy but better labelling guidelines is required, Anna Väänänen tells Genevieve Redgrave

  • La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup

    20 November 2024

    Financial services group La Banque Postale has invested - via its venture capital fund, 115K - in a French ESG-focused fintech start-up.

  • 'Very encouraging' European 'light green' fund investment in Middle East

    15 November 2024

    There is a "very encouraging" level of investment from 'light green' European funds in Middle Eastern real estate firms which suggests emerging positive sustainability disclosure trends in the region, according to Emirates NBD.

  • Manager of €100m French listed equities biodiversity fund selected - with RfP for private fund expected in Q1

    21 October 2024

    Sustainability specialist Mirova has won a competitive tender to manage a listed equities fund focused on biodiversity, with a private assets strategy expected to be launched in coming months.

  • Lending with 'true additionality'

    08 October 2024

    Impact debt is the remedy to missing middle, Eiffel's Fabrice Dumonteil tells Jennifer Forrest

  • The 2024 AGM season showed us the power of a vote

    18 September 2024

    Dual-class share structures skew voting outcomes and insulate company management from the views of independent shareholders and the discipline of the market, writes Caroline Escott

  • Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper

    17 September 2024

    Interest rates, right-wing populism and the sustainability impact of artificial intelligence are three of the biggest challenges facing decarbonisation for public equity investors, according to asset manager Ninety One.

  • Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail

    16 September 2024

    Heating is still dominated by fossil fuels but scientists on the electric heat side are catching up, writes Ted Franks

  • Fair Reward Framework launches exec pay tool

    13 September 2024

    Asset owner-led Fair Reward Framework has launched a tool that will help investors assess whether FTSE 100 executive pay is 'fair and proportionate'.