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News round-up: Investor group urges coal exit, ESG index numbers jump, Franklin Templeton boosts social assets
06 November 2020$5trn UN-convened global alliance calls for thermal coal exit
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PRI publishes investment manager selection, monitoring guides
28 October 2020The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) published three new guides for asset owners, outlining how they can ensure environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations remain at the heart of their relationships with investment managers.
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$6bn charity criticises 'appalling' climate voting records of major investors, advisors
27 October 2020The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has sent a letter to a dozen major global investors, pension consultants and proxy voting advisors criticising their "appalling" records for using shareholders' votes to deliver the transition to a net-zero economy.
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UK Insurers lagging asset managers to hit UK stewardship code deadline
02 September 2020Research by EY highlights disconnect between underwriters and managers on stewardship issues
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Insurers say regulators have the sustainability power
21 August 2020JP 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
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ESG's negative impact on returns - myth or reality?
30 July 2020A 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
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Time is ripe for US asset managers to engage oil majors
11 May 2020Domestic 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.
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JP Morgan creates sustainable investment team
20 March 2017JP Morgan Asset Management has created a sustainable investment team to better incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment practices.
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France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year
25 January 2017The 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.
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SunEdison in $336m equity/assets deal with investors
30 December 2015Buyers of an exchangeable bond issued by a SunEdison subsidiary are to trade in $336 million of notes for assets and equity in its yieldco.