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  • Manulife US REIT secures maiden $100m green loan

    21 May 2020

    Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has secured a $100 million green loan from OCBC Bank to refinance a US property and undertake environmental initiatives at other properties.

  • VIDEO: Climate change provides opportunities to the insurance industry - Manulife's CFO

    06 November 2019

    "Climate change provides a number of opportunities to the insurance industry and to other industries" said Manulife's CFO Philip Witherington.

  • Insurers likely to issue more green bonds

    08 October 2019

    Strong reception and regulatory shifts to boost market, says AM Best

  • Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers

    07 October 2019

    US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.

  • Credit rating agencies have more work to do on climate risk, hears insurance conference

    26 September 2019

    Credit rating agencies have not adequately captured climate risks in their considerations of public sector debt, a panel at the Insurance and climate risk conference heard.

  • UNEP FI and investors release study on climate risk reporting

    10 May 2019

    A major study has been issued looking at the different ways that investors can measure and report climate risks.

  • $32trn group of investors demand greater government climate action

    10 December 2018

    Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have demanded governments increase action to tackle climate change.

  • Manulife warns of the pitfalls of tighter green bond regulation

    08 October 2018

    The first global life insurance issuer of green bonds has a message for policymakers eyeing stricter regulation: keep it simple. Michael Hurley reports

  • Green bond comment, October: Down but not out

    03 October 2018

    The green bond market suffered an uncharacteristic fall in activity in the third quarter of 2018.

  • Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018

    01 August 2018

    Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.