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  • Lyxor launches ETFs tracking decarbonisation indexes

    16 April 2020

    Lyxor Asset Management has launched four exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with focus on decarbonisation and achieving climate goals.

  • Strong performance for green, social and sustainability bond funds in 2019

    16 March 2020

    After a torrid 2018 green, social and sustainability bond funds experienced a stronger performance in 2019, off the back of a rallying fixed income market. But performances were highly variable, reports Ahren Lester.

  • Boom time for green bond funds

    04 March 2020

    Green bond funds reported sizeable assets growth in 2019, Ahren Lester explains, as the green bond market benefitted from rising market credibility and the arrival of ubiquitous corporate names.

  • Record month for ESG ETFs, says Lyxor

    17 December 2019

    November saw record inflows for exchange traded funds (ETF) that explicitly consider sustainability criteria, according to Lyxor Asset Management.

  • Asian sustainability bond index launched

    16 December 2019

    Consultancy firm Carbon Care Asia and German index provider Solactive have launched an index to track the performance of sustainable bonds in Asia.

  • Morningstar expects record year of sustainable fund launches in Europe

    28 October 2019

    A record number of sustainable fund launches are expected this year, said financial services firm Morningstar, with this growing segment of the market capturing two-fifths of net inflows in Europe.

  • Solactive releases ESG screened green bond index

    14 October 2019

    German index provider Solactive has released its first ESG screened green bond index and partnered with Lyxor Asset Management, to launch an exchange traded fund (ETF).

  • Franklin Templeton launches actively-managed green bond ETF

    29 April 2019

    Franklin Templeton has launched what it claims is the first actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in EUR-denominated green bonds.

  • The growing pains of green bond funds

    31 August 2018

    A lack of size, diversification and awareness are among the main challenges facing the fledgling green bond market, a poll of fund managers has revealed. Molly Wilson reports

  • Green bond market 'to break $200bn barrier in 2018'

    19 June 2018

    The green bond market is expected to see more than $200 billion of annual issuance in 2018.