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Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say

US politicians have hijacked the ESG debate, making the job of insurers to manage their climate risk much more difficult, according to panellists at the Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023 conference.

Ginnie Mae launches 'social bond' label for investors

Ginnie Mae will launch a 'social bond label' for investors in its single-family mortgage backed security (MBS) programme from October, which it described as an "important step" for the US government-owned residential mortgage agency.

EIT InnoEnergy bags €140m in funding

Enel, DZ Bank join Principles ExCom as Fannie Mae exits

Enel, DZ Bank and BNP Paribas Asset Management were among those elected to the executive committee (ExCom) which develop the influential sustainable bond principles, but Fannie Mae's exit marks a quick end to US issuer representation on the executive.

Video: How Fannie Mae is addressing investor interest in social lending

Pleas for EU to delay taxonomy reporting or risk poor disclosures

Investors and businesses have asked the EU Commission to delay taxonomy reporting requirements for eligible activities against the four new objectives.

Investors 'left to fend for themselves' amid lack of social guidance

The sustainable finance market is "being left to fend for itself" when it comes to identifying material social metrics, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Hannover Re also parts ways with the NZIA

Hannover Re has left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) becoming the third re/insurer to depart the alliance in the last four weeks.

Nuveen's Glennmont acquires Italian solar projects

Investor targets $500m with Greenland water shipping fund