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Man Group raises £362m for affordable housing strategy

'Stewarding AI firms will be very hard', warns pension fund

Sustainable investors will have a role to play in ensuring that the wave of AI companies expected to list on public markets in coming months have governance structures that give investors a voice, a conference heard.

Transition bonds need to be separate from green bonds, says BNP PAM

A surge in transition bonds from hard-to-abate sectors highlights the need for updated guidance to help assess their credibility, according to several investors.

Linking alpha to ESG data key to advancing industry, says Man Group (ESG Data conference)

Proving that financially material ESG data can drive financial outperformance is key to ensuring "mainstream" investment committees take sustainable investing seriously, according to a senior researcher at Man Group.

People Moves, 3 October: Monetary Authority of Singapore, Man Group, Foresight ... and more

Jason Mitchell named Man Group's responsible investing CIO

Man Group has named Jason Mitchell as its new chief investment officer for responsible investing, as Rob Furdak prepares for retirement at the end of the year, following almost 30 years at the asset manager.

Man Group tuning its quant models to pick up climate adaptation and resilience 'signals'

Quantitative investment specialist Man Group says it is adapting its trading models to identify companies investing in climate adaptation and resilience measures, as a way of unearthing hidden value.

'Improved comparison needed for climate data products to be trusted'

More comprehensive comparison methods are needed if financial institutions are to fully trust commercial climate data products to inform their resilience planning or capital allocation, according to a climate scientist at Man Group.

Webinar: Flood data playing much bigger role in portfolios for investors

Extreme rainfall and periods of longer, wetter weather are prompting some investors to incorporate flood risk into their decision-making processes, Environmental Finance webinar panelists explainFlood data is playing a crucial role

Water's role in climate-resilient investing

Water efficiency is strongly associated with future upward earnings revisions for companies in chronically water-stressed locations, writes Jane Smyth