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People Moves, 10 May: Aviva, DBS, New Forests, Länsförsakringär, ING ... and more

HSBC faces shareholder call for green finance transparency

A group of HSBC shareholders - including Royal London Asset Management, La Francaise Asset Management and Axiom Alternative Investments - has called on the bank to explain how it will meet its target to extend $1 trillion for sustainable finance.

'Huge opportunity' for private transition credit growth, says HSBC

There is a "huge opportunity" for private credit markets to provide transition finance, in particular direct lending through sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), said HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM).

HSBC, Citi among banks banned by West Virginia over fossil fuel 'boycotts'

Biodiversity funds underperform benchmarks in 2023

The growing universe of biodiversity funds generally posted positive returns in 2023, but active funds lagged their benchmarks. Genevieve Redgrave reports.

Biodiversity funds top $1 billion for first time

Biodiversity fund assets topped $1 billion for the first time in 2023, but the majority of funds in the universe remain small.

Three new biodiversity funds launched in Q4

Three new biodiversity funds were launched in the final quarter of 2023, taking total number to 19, according to research conducted by Environmental Finance.

People Moves, 19 January: Finnfund, Palatine, HSBC, Barclays ... and more

HSBC: Time to supercharge climate tech and address funding gap

HSBC has issued a call for collaboration to address the $2 trillion funding gap for climate technology that has not yet been commercialised.

COP28: IRENA's Energy Transition Accelerator grows four-fold to $4bn