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People Moves: BNP Paribas Asset Management, Calvert, AllianzGI, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Kempen and EY

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has announced Rob Gambi as global head of investments.

People Moves: Solactive, Majedie Asset Management and Sustainable Australia Fund

Christian Grabbe, chief operating officer at Solactive and member of its management board, will depart the German index provider to pursue another career.

Aberdeen Standard Investments wins €500m Dutch pension fund mandate

The five-year mandate will invest in private equity with an ESG and responsible investment focus

Set climate targets, power sector told by investors with $11trn in assets

Twelve of Europe’s highest-emitting power companies have been instructed to set out Paris-aligned transition plans by a group of investors with $11.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM), as they warn of the ‘potentially catastrophic’ effects of climate change.

Investing in a Just Transition

A growing movement to incorporate social considerations into the response to climate change is being described as the next frontier of responsible investment. Peter Cripps reports

Green bond round-up, 10 October 2018

Carbon is 'most suitable metric for smart beta ESG'

Investors deemed carbon as the most suitable environmental, social, governance (ESG) metric for inclusion in a smart beta investment strategy, according to a study. Seventy-four percent of investors selected carbon as being suitable for inclusion into smart beta, followed by other ESG metrics like water (21%), waste (20%) and gender diversity (18%).

PiP raises £20m to refinance 30MW of solar

UK infrastructure investor the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has raised £20 million ($26.4 million) in debt to refinance six solar farms in the country owned by its Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF).

Investors support plea for integrated corporate reporting

A group of leading investors, with nearly $2 trillion in assets under management, is calling for companies to integrate their reporting of financial and non-financial data.