MACIF launches €20m impact asset manager
French mutual insurer MACIF has launched MACIF Impact ESS, an asset manager focused on impact investment.
Australian pension fund to exit coal amid climate announcements
Australian pension fund First State Super has outlined a number of climate change actions and targets, including exiting thermal coal, as it urged other Australian pension funds to do the same.
Impact debt fund poised to raise €400m
The manager of a debt fund that links the cost of its lending to pre-agreed environmental and social 'key performance indicators' (KPIs) has said the fund is poised to attract €400 million ($455 million) in commitments.
Macif group pledges to exclude thermal coal by 2030
French mutual insurer Macif group has pledged to completely exclude thermal coal assets from its investments globally by 2030.
France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers
Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender
French insurers’ climate-related disclosures mostly ‘difficult to understand’, says WWF
French insurers' climate-related disclosures have improved, but the information is still often inaccessible and difficult to understand, according to research by WWF France.