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  • Sustainable finance rules 'fully consistent with' €800bn defence push, EU says

    18 June 2025

    The EU's sustainable finance rulebook "is fully consistent with" a push to invest €800 billion ($920 billion) in defence, the European Commission said as it suggested it was ready to change sustainable investment disclosure rules to support its objectives.

  • Allianz, Zurich and CDPQ sign up to ambitious blended finance investment project

    02 June 2025

    From Peter Cripps in Hamburg

  • Use Omnibus as opportunity to simplify SFDR, financial institutions tell EU

    29 May 2025

    Allianz is among several financial groups to call for the EU to use its Omnibus process to 'streamline' the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), including by removing some principal adverse impact (PAI) disclosures.

  • French asset owners launch search for private markets biodiversity fund manager

    19 March 2025

    A group of French asset owners has launched a process to select the manager of a €150 million ($160 million) private markets biodiversity fund.

  • Sustainable Debt EMEA: early bird ends today

    28 February 2025

    The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference ends today, so register now to save 20%.

  • 'DFIs in a race to the bottom on pricing in EMs', warns Allianz GI

    11 February 2025

    DFIs and MDBs sometimes under-price their emerging market investments, which can drive away the private sector, Allianz Global Investors has claimed.

  • Credit rating agencies key to unlocking blended finance, says Allianz GI

    27 January 2025

    Credit rating agencies are too negative on their assessment of blended finance structures, which is hindering the flows of climate finance to the emerging markets, Allianz Global Investors has claimed.

  • Allianz, EIB closes 'biggest' equity blended finance fund at €450m

    23 January 2025

    Allianz Global Investors has held a final close for its blended finance equity fund with the European Investment Bank, having secured €450 million ($468.2 million) in capital commitments.

  • Unveiling Scope 3 emissions: A crucial shift for investors

    08 January 2025

    Accounting for these emissions, long overlooked due to their complexity, would go a long way to supporting a net-zero transition in the real economy, writes Udo Riese

  • EU advisers push for sustainability, transition categories to replace SFDR Articles 8 & 9

    17 December 2024

    The EU has been told it should create three categories of sustainable investment products to replace the existing Article 8 and 9 disclosure framework under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), by its expert Platform on Sustainable Finance