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US asset owners are waking up to climate change
31 July 2017There is increasing evidence that US investors are factoring climate change into their investment decisions, argues Meg Voorhes
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US impact investors announce plans to expand the market
27 July 2017A US group of impact investors, formed last year, has agreed a new mandate to enable it to advocate for favourable policies, catalyse the flow of impact capital, and expand impact investing globally.
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BlackRock and Lightsource to create £1bn solar portfolio
27 July 2017Asset manager BlackRock and UK-based solar energy firm Lightsource have agreed to jointly create a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) portfolio of solar power assets in the UK.
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UK university pension fund buys into Thames Water
25 July 2017The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension fund has bought a 10.9% stake in Thames Water's holding company.
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Morningstar takes minority stake in Sustainalytics
25 July 2017Investment research firm Morningstar has strengthened its links with Sustainalytics by taking a 40% ownership stake in the company. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Nine UK pension funds to adopt much of EAPF's responsible investment strategy
20 July 2017A newly created pool of ten UK Local Government Pension Scheme Funds, with total assets of £27.5 billion ($35.9 billion), will extend much of the Environment Agency Pension Fund's (EAPF) responsible investment strategy across its funds.
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UK Environment Agency pension fund points to longer term success after annual underperformance
19 July 2017The UK Environment Agency Pension Fund's (EAPF) multi-asset 'active' fund last year underperformed its benchmarks by 1.6 percentage points, but it pointed to its longer term outperformance as evidence of the success of its strategy.
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Investors and industry hail extension of California carbon market
19 July 2017A bipartisan vote to extend California's cap-and-trade carbon market to 2030 has been welcomed by a range of investors and industries.
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European energy efficient mortgage trial to sign up additional banks
17 July 2017The Energy efficient Mortgages Action Plan (EeMAP) is to recruit additional banks to its trial aiming to develop a standardised mortgage product for use across Europe.
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Time for UK to take lead in tidal power
14 July 2017Tidal power could provide a substantial share of the UK's future energy requirements and the long life of the underlying assets could be attractive to pension funds, says Liam O'Keeffe.