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People Moves, 12 January: Barclays, Impax, ABN AMRO, Natixis ... and more

ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Americas conference 2019

The conference attracted 300 delegates this year, as the discussion broadened out to cover sustainability in the overall fixed income market. Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps report

Foresight launches A$150m fund for CBI-certified loans

Foresight hopes to raise A$150 million ($100 million) for a fund that will make loans to Australian small-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects.

People Moves: Aviva, Aegon Asset Management, Muzinich & Co, PRI and Palladium

Maurice Tulloch has been appointed as chief executive officer of Aviva. He will replace Sir Adrian Montague who acted as interim CEO and will revert to his role as non-executive chairman.

French funds dominate top 10 European funds for climate performance

French funds dominate a list of the top ten European equity funds for climate performance.

Optimism trumps uncertainty

The market for carbon offsets remains buoyant, despite regulatory uncertainty. Elena K. Johansson talks to winners of our annual Voluntary Carbon Markets Rankings to find out why.

Green bond experts rebut GPIF charge they are a 'lose-lose' product

A valuable benefit of green bonds is that they enable fixed income investors to 'engage' with issuers on topics such as climate change, as is already common practice in the equity markets, according to Frederic Samama, co-head of institutional clients coverage at Amundi Asset Management.

Energy-efficient property fund thumps benchmark for three years running

Columbia Threadneedle's Low Carbon Workplace Fund has outperformed its benchmark by an average of 5.3 percentage points over the past three years.

DONG's Benj Sykes to co-chair UK wind forum

Benj Sykes of DONG Energy Wind Power is to co-chair the UK Government's Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC).

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The latest people moves in the environmental markets, covering companies including Terra Firma, Deutsche Bank, Climate Change Capital, the Global Reporting Initiative and more