Archive

  • CPR-CDP fund out to prove value of disclosure

    23 August 2019

    The manager of a ‘first-of-its-kind climate fund’ that could grow to more than €1 billion in size is encouraged by early results, Michael Hurley writes

  • People Moves: SEB, Crédit Agricole, Amundi, BNP Paribas, RLAM, SIF

    19 July 2019

    Kaminker departs SEB, Crédit Agricole hires former HSBC head and more

  • EIB and Amundi to launch €1bn Green Credit programme

    10 July 2019

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Amundi are to launch a €1 billion ($1.12 billion) programme to foster the development of the green debt market beyond the existing green bonds.

  • HSBC plans emerging markets green bond fund

    04 June 2019

    HSBC Global Asset Management (HSBC) plans to launch a green bond fund, which targets “real economy” issuers in emerging markets.

  • ESG engagement really does work, say investors

    20 May 2019

    Investors have proved that they have the power to bring about changes in company behaviour, when they engage with them on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and they even have the potential to influence national governments, a panel at an MSCI conference heard.

  • Green bonds from emerging markets could reach $250bn by 2021

    01 May 2019

    Cumulative issuance of green bonds from emerging markets could rise to between $210 billion and $250 billion by 2021, according to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and French asset manager Amundi.

  • Land of the rising green bond

    19 April 2019

    After a year of stellar growth, what are the prospects of Japan's green bond market, asks Elena K. Johansson

  • GBPs publish green buildings impact reporting guidance

    05 April 2019

    A ‘harmonised framework for impact reporting on green building projects’ has been published by the Green Bond Principles (GBPs).

  • Winners of Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 honoured by market

    02 April 2019

    The Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 feature several repeat winners alongside many new names, as 13 extra categories were added this year in response to the rapid growth of social and sustainability bonds.

  • Amundi's one-year-old green bond fund 'ahead of schedule'

    04 March 2019

    The world's largest green bond fund bought more green-labelled issuance in its first year than originally anticipated, Frédéric Samama tells Michael Hurley