Archive

  • BlackRock index-linked green bond fund - details revealed

    20 March 2017

    Asset management giant BlackRock has launched its index-linked green bond fund, plans for which were first revealed by Environmental Finance in January.

  • Investors and businesses call on Trump to back Paris Agreement

    15 March 2017

    Allianz, CalPERS and CalSTRS are among 1,000 investors and businesses to sign a statement calling for Donald Trump's administration to honour the Paris climate agreement.

  • Insurers need to heed their own ESG experience when investing

    13 March 2017

    Jessica Ground, global head of stewardship at Schroders, argues that insurers are a natural fit for ESG investing.

  • PRI launches sustainable infrastructure workstream

    27 February 2017

    The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a sustainable infrastructure workstream.

  • Why Allianz is investing where the wind blows

    10 February 2017

    Allianz's in-house alternative asset manager has closed four tax equity investments in US wind farms in only 12 months, and plans more in 2017. Head of renewables at Allianz Capital Partners David Jones talks to Asa Gibson about the firm's American wind adventure.

  • Allianz and MUFG in US wind farm tax equity deal

    03 February 2017

    Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) – the alternative investment manager of German insurer Allianz – and Japanese financial conglomerate Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) have co-invested in a 225MW wind project in Oklahoma.

  • Australian banks shine in RobecoSAM ratings

    24 January 2017

    Just six financial institutions have been awarded 'gold stars' in RobecoSAM's 2017 Sustainability Yearbook, and three of them were Australian banks.

  • Allianz makes third US wind farm investment

    17 January 2017

    Allianz Capital Partners, the alternative asset manager of German insurer Allianz, has made its third tax equity investment in a US wind farm, with an undisclosed sum invested in the 184MW Kelly Creek project in Illinois.

  • Innovation increases in static market

    15 December 2016

    While Hurricane Matthew attracted most attention, 2016 also saw some significant innovation in the cat bond market, says Joe Walsh

  • Allianz buys 80% of €330m wind farm portfolio

    12 December 2016

    Allianz Global Investors has bought 80% of a €330 million onshore wind farm portfolio in Germany through its energy and infrastructure fund Allianz Renewable Energy Fund II.