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Axa IM awarded €124m fixed income ESG mandate
19 December 2016Axa Investment Management (IM) has been awarded a €124 million ($130 million) fixed income environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandate by Japanese insurer Nippon Life.
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Axa's green bond fund grows by a third in first year
09 December 2016Axa Investment Managers' green bond fund has seen its assets grow by more than a third in its first year, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Investing in a changing climate
06 December 2016Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change
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Sustainable Investing market to grow despite Trump, says S&P
23 November 2016Trump's elections will not impact the growth of sustainable investing, according to S&P, as investors, rather than policymakers, are now driving the market.
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Trump is just a blip for responsible investment, says AXA IM
11 November 2016A Trump Presidency has been declared merely a 'blip' on the longer term development of responsible investment worldwide, by AXA Investment Managers.
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Investors with €5trn of assets call for halt to arctic oil drilling
07 November 2016A group of institutional investors, representing €5 trillion ($5.52 trillion) of assets under management, have called for a "permanent moratorium" on arctic oil drilling.
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Aviva earmarks two coal companies for divestment
04 November 2016Aviva has earmarked two coal companies for "potential divestment", and is considering ditching eight others that are not responding to its requests for engagement.
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AXA IM warns of Trump Presidency impact on RI
31 October 2016The responsible investment (RI) industry could hit a 'speed bump' if Donald Trump were to be elected US President warns AXA Investment Managers.
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US insurers 'turning blind eye to climate change'
21 October 2016Many US insurers are still turning a blind eye to climate change, with less than 20% attaining high scores for their climate risk reporting, a study has warned.
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Axa IMRA expands forestry portfolio with €21.5 million purchase
13 October 2016Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (Axa IMRA) has acquired a 958-hectare forest in France, known as Domaine de Saint Augustin, for €21.5 million ($23.7 million).