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ETF to track ESG version of Hang Seng Index
22 February 2022Hang Seng Investment Management is to launch an exchange-traded fund to track an ESG version of Hang Seng Index.
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RobecoSAM Smart Energy - the brightest again
22 February 2022After a tumultuous year for renewables stocks, the drive for semiconductors is here to stay, Roman Boner tells Madeleine Jenkins
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Solactive launches ex-fossil fuels Index
17 February 2022Solactive has partnered with Osmosis to launch a fossil fuel-free index, which has £200 million ($270 million) of seed investment from East Sussex Pension Fund.
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ICMA urges EU taxonomy flexibility to ensure usability - Updated
15 February 2022The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has urged the EU to make its taxonomy "flexible" in key areas, including 'do no significant harm' disclosure requirements and the 'grandfathering' of current green bonds.
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Morningstar revokes sustainable label from hundreds of EU funds
14 February 2022Morningstar has reversed a previous decision to label more than 1,200 EU funds as 'sustainable', after scrutinising their documents.
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BlackRock launches first Paris-aligned ETF in US
11 February 2022BlackRock has launched its first Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB) exchange traded fund (ETF) in the US, following four PAB-aligned ETF launches in Europe.
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Investor 'keeps faith' with disappointingly slow energy efficiency fund
10 February 2022An investor in a recently-launched energy efficiency fund said he is keeping faith with the company, after it admitted that its deployment of assets was progressing slower than expected, causing its shares to drop more than 10%.
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EU SFDR response raises 'legitimate' greenwashing concern
08 February 2022The market response to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) from asset managers has "led to confusion and greenwashing concerns", warned Morningstar.
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Extracting higher standards from the mining sector
03 February 2022A $20 trillion investor initiative is driving change in the mining industry, write Madeleine Jenkins and Peter Cripps
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The future of transport is not electric: it's smart
31 January 2022We need to find alternative ways to significantly increase clean energy generation capacity and start moving people and goods in a smarter way, says Jan Palasinski