Archive

  • EF BRIEFS: Doughty Hanson, LM Wind Power, GE; Impax AUM

    12 October 2016

    Doughty Hanson, a UK-based private equity firm, has agreed to sell its stake of about 97% in LM Wind Power, a leading maker of rotor blades for wind turbines, to GE of the US.

  • Asian banks focus on climate change opportunities, not risks

    06 September 2016

    Asian banks are more focussed on the opportunities arising from climate change than the risks, according to the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC).

  • EF BRIEFS: AXA IM, Impax, Pattern Energy

    07 July 2016

    AXA Investment Managers has made the first in a series of hires as part of plans to bolster its responsible investment (RI) team.

  • ESG ratings for funds

    22 June 2016

    Sustainability scores for funds are not perfect, but are a useful addition to the many tools available to responsible investors, reflects Hamza Ali

  • Impax secures loan for Irish wind farm

    21 June 2016

    Impax Asset Management has received a package of bank funding to help build an Irish wind farm.

  • Forget carbon footprinting - build a smart carbon portfolio, says Impax

    13 May 2016

    Reweighting portfolios according to carbon data alone is insufficient to mitigate stranded asset risks, argues Impax, which has devised a new methodology to build what it refers to as a smart carbon portfolio. Peter Cripps reports

  • Impax reports strong growth in AUM

    08 April 2016

    Environmentally-themed investor Impax Asset Management has shrugged off market volatility to chalk up another "strong" quarter of growth in its assets under management (AUM).

  • EF BRIEFS: BRICS, Impax, Hubei, BoCom

    30 March 2016

    The BRICS development bank will issue RMB3 billion ($463 million) of green bonds in the Chinese market as part of its first funding round, it has confirmed.

  • BNP Paribas Aqua launches in sterling

    04 March 2016

    BNP Paribas has launched a sterling version of its Aqua fund.

  • People Moves - February 2016

    18 February 2016

    The latest people moves at companies including Jinko Solar, Juwi, Wheb, SolarCity, Alliance Trust and more