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  • Impact funds market continues to grow in tough 2022

    03 February 2023

    Impact funds continued to grow despite the market sell-off in 2022, but the war in Ukraine left its mark by shifting the focus towards affordable energy and food supply,...

  • UK's net zero review will help 'unlock investment', says Aviva

    13 January 2023

    Recommendations to the UK government on steps it should take to meet net zero targets have been welcomed by investors for their potential to help 'unlock the investment required' for the energy transition.

  • Sustainable finance: key themes for regulation and policy in 2023

    06 January 2023

    The year ahead could be dominated by ESG-related regulation and progress on sustainability data initiatives, Michael Hurley writes

  • Phenix Capital: 'Emerging markets still not a big presence in public equity impact funds'

    23 December 2022

    Emerging markets account for less than 2% of total capital commitments from public equities-focused impact funds, an impact investment consultant has found.

  • Regulators consider capital for climate risk

    16 December 2022

    Insurance regulators are keen to ensure their prudential frameworks properly incorporate climate risk. But whether this should be reflected in capital requirements is proving a difficult question to answer, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • Video: Hetal Patel on the use of ESG data for the investment value chain

    25 November 2022

    Hetal Patel, head of climate investment risk at Phoenix Group, shares his thoughts on how ESG data can be used throughout the investment value chain.

  • Every benchmark should include climate indicators, asset owner alliance says

    23 November 2022

    Every standard investment benchmark should include climate indicators, to help asset owners to develop their own custom indexes, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has recommended.

  • Regulators' climate scenario analyses could be understating risks, warns FSB

    15 November 2022

    The climate scenario analyses carried out by financial authorities may underestimate exposures and vulnerabilities, as they are not capturing the second-order impacts associated with climate change, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has said.

  • COP27: NGFS launches blended climate finance initiative

    09 November 2022

    The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has launched a blended finance initiative at the UN COP27 climate summit,...

  • People Moves 21 October: including American Securities, BNY Mellon, PAI Partners & more

    21 October 2022