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Bond round-up: Unédic, Snam, Castle Peak, Northern States Power, Symbiotics ... and more

"Pitfalls" in ESG ratings requires investor caution

Investors should be cautious when using the growing number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and data providers amid several inherent pitfalls, although valuable insights can still be drawn from them.

Foresight raises €342m for energy infrastructure fund

Investment manager Foresight has raised €342 million ($377 million) in the first close for its European-focused fund Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP).

Impact, expanded

The GIIN's CEO, Amit Bouri, believes impact investing can help transform the financial system

Bonds round-up: Raiffeisen Bank, NWB, Mitsubishi UFJ, European Energy ... and more

Raiffeisen Bank raises €750m from second green bond issue

The ESG data files - introduction

ESG data has gone 'mainstream'. But how good is it, and in what ways does it need to improve? Environmental Finance is today launching a series of features to answer these questions. Peter Cripps reports

Nomura launches 'positive impact' equity fund

Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has launched its first sustainable equity fund, which aims to make a “positive impact” on the environment and society.

Funds of the year: Dimensional's US Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio

An underexposure to energy stocks was helpful to performance in 2018, explains Jed Fogdall. Peter Cripps reports

Masdar enters US with wind farm acquisition

Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar has made its first US investments, acquiring two wind farms in New Mexico and Texas.

Stranded assets warning for $60bn of Asian coal plants

A projected drop in renewable energy costs will leave $60 billion of coal burning plants in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines 'stranded' within a decade, a report by NGO Carbon Tracker has warned.