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Adaptation investment being blocked, report finds

Adaptation and resilience financing is "rich in instruments but fragmented in use", a report has found, as a financing gap has emerged "so large that public funding alone cannot close" it.

Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company

Allianz and Zurich have partnered with Germany's KfW and FinDev Canada to jointly launch an investment vehicle to grow private finance for sustainable development in emerging markets.

'Won't know if we got the numbers right' on nature insurance, says AXA

Insurers won't know for some years if they are pricing nature correctly, AXA recently told an event, amid debate about the role of parametric insurance.

Exemption for asset managers in ESRS 'creates a reporting vacuum'

The EU risks creating a "reporting vacuum" that undermines investors' data needs if it proceeds with a proposal to exempt asset managers' reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), observers warned.

SFDR fossil fuel exclusions split investors amid transition and energy security fears

Fossil exclusion criteria have emerged as a flashpoint in a consultation about how to overhaul the EU's much maligned reporting regulation, writes Michael Hurley

Enosis, Axa XL partner on $100m debt-for-nature swap facility

Enosis Capital has announced that Axa XL will provide credit insurance for its recently launched private credit enhancement facility, which will support the development of sovereign debt-for-nature swap transactions.

'Why wouldn't you want green bonds as a core bond allocation?'

The time is right for asset managers to promote green bond funds as core allocations beyond sustainability-focused clients after significant changes in the depth and dynamics of the market, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).

LifeSight seeds AXA IM global credit transition strategy with £400m

Climate, nature nexus needs to be more regular beyond COPs, says AXA IM Alts

The nexus between climate and nature must occur more regularly beyond annual COPs, AXA IM Alts has argued.

Axa IM: What do we expect from COP30?

Green bonds are part of the toolkit needed to advance the pledges made at COPs, write Johann Plé and Mariana Socorro Villanueva