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  • Impax flagship fund toasts 33% returns in 2013

    23 January 2014

    Impax Asset Management's flagship investment trust celebrated strong returns in 2013, as it benefited from a broad-based recovery in environmental stocks.

  • EU's 2030 targets are bare minimum, say investors

    22 January 2014

    The EU's proposed climate and energy policies for 2030 were branded by investors and companies as the "minimum necessary" to keep the region on track for a transition to a low-carbon economy.

  • Impax renewables fund more than 60% committed after new investments

    13 December 2013

    Impax's second investment fund has announced new investments in renewable energy in Italy, Germany, Finland and Ireland.

  • Impax hikes divi 20% as funds outperform

    28 November 2013

    Impax Asset Management is to hike its dividend payments by 20% after its resource efficiency-themed investments outperformed the wider markets.

  • Impax AUM up 20% driven by market gains, US activity

    10 October 2013

    Strong market gains and a significant rise in US investment activity contributed to a 20% rise in assets under management for Impax in the past 12 months, despite the recent closure of its Asian strategy.

  • Rules for new US power plants 'to boost gas and renewables investment'

    23 September 2013

    The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon emission limits for new power plants will spur investment in clean energy, but natural gas is expected to be the big winner, according to observers.

  • People moves, August

    30 August 2013

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at the Principles for Responsible Investment, Vestas, First Solar, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Notenstein Private Bank and more

  • Investors demand review into climate change and resource depletion

    16 July 2013

    An alliance of investors has demanded the launch of an inquiry into why the UK Treasury scrapped plans for a review of the impact of resource depletion and climate change on growth prospects.

  • Global benchmark performs better without fossil fuel stocks, claims asset manager

    11 July 2013

    Eliminating the fossil fuel stocks from a global benchmark index and replacing them with environmentally friendly alternatives would have had a positive effect on return over the past seven years, an asset manager has claimed.

  • Investors welcome Obama climate plan

    26 June 2013

    Investors are "encouraged" by US President Barack Obama's plan to curb climate change, but warn that the threat of legal challenges could hold back capital deployment.