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  • CT UK Social Bond Fund to target preventative outcomes

    11 March 2024

    Columbia Threadneedle's UK Social Bond Fund will refocus in an attempt to identify "preventative outcomes" as it enters its second decade.

  • Columbia Threadneedle upgrades SFDR status of ten funds

    20 November 2023

    Columbia Threadneedle Investments has upgraded ten of its funds under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) - two to Article 9 and eight to Article 8.

  • Inflation Reduction Act 'expands Columbia Threadneedle's investable universe'

    10 July 2023

    The US's $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act will create new investment opportunities that contribute to sustainability goals, said Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

  • Columbia Threadneedle launches global social bond fund

    29 June 2023

    Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched a dedicated global social bond fund, nine years after it launched its ground-breaking UK social bond fund.

  • US politicisation won't stop ESG momentum, says Columbia Threadneedle

    05 April 2023

    Despite growing politicisation of ESG in the US market, global momentum means progress in the country is unlikely to significantly slow sustainable investments, Columbia Threadneedle has said.

  • M&G & Columbia Threadneedle invest in £215m fund for UK academic innovation

    20 May 2022

  • BMO GAM targets biodiversity engagement escalation

    05 May 2022

    BMO Global Asset Management (GAM) said it will widen its corporate engagement on environmental and biodiversity issues in 2022 after escalating action in 2021, in particular focusing on turning commitments into action.

  • Sustainability-linked bonds 'risk green/social-washing'

    04 March 2022

    Columbia Threadneedle Investments has warned that the sustainability-linked bond (SLBs) market risks accusations of green- and social-washing due to unambitious target setting.

  • Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

    17 January 2022

    A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

  • News round-up: Handelsbanken launches core PAB funds, Glass Lewis backs ExxonMobil board dissent ... and more

    21 May 2021