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  • UK Insurers lagging asset managers to hit UK stewardship code deadline

    02 September 2020

    Research by EY highlights disconnect between underwriters and managers on stewardship issues

  • Insurers say regulators have the sustainability power

    21 August 2020

    JP Morgan Asset Management and Environmental Finance's sister publication Insurance Asset Risk have joined forces to understand what lies under the bonnet of insurers' responsible investment announcements. Findings were compiled in a report. We present some of the key high- level discoveries, with part one focusing on regulation. Vincent Huck reports

  • ESG's negative impact on returns - myth or reality?

    30 July 2020

    A growing number of insurers have announced new or upgraded sustainable investment strategies in recent years. JP Morgan Asset Management and Environmental Finance's sister publication Insurance Asset Risk have joined forces to investigate the drivers behind insurers' sustainable strategies. Vincent Huck reports on the high-level key findings

  • Time is ripe for US asset managers to engage oil majors

    11 May 2020

    Domestic asset managers have been largely absent from climate engagement with US oil majors, but the Church Commissioners for England tells Ahren Lester that this could finally be changing.

  • JP Morgan creates sustainable investment team

    20 March 2017

    JP Morgan Asset Management has created a sustainable investment team to better incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment practices.

  • France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year

    25 January 2017

    The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.

  • SunEdison in $336m equity/assets deal with investors

    30 December 2015

    Buyers of an exchangeable bond issued by a SunEdison subsidiary are to trade in $336 million of notes for assets and equity in its yieldco.

  • SunEdison in investment partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management

    09 September 2015

    SunEdison has formed a $300 million partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management to invest in solar energy projects in the US.

  • JP Morgan to sell stake in Indian wind developer for $225m, say reports

    19 August 2015

    JP Morgan Asset Management reportedly plans to sell its stake in Indian wind developer Leap Green Energy for up to $225 million.

  • JP Morgan buys stake from First Wind

    12 December 2014

    JP Morgan Asset Management has bought majority stakes in two US wind farms.