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  • Long-term market remains supportive for green bonds

    09 April 2020

    The coronavirus market turmoil may lead to an additional boost to green bond demand, NN Investment Partners said, despite prices suffering alongside their conventional equivalents in the short term.

  • Strong performance for green, social and sustainability bond funds in 2019

    16 March 2020

    After a torrid 2018 green, social and sustainability bond funds experienced a stronger performance in 2019, off the back of a rallying fixed income market. But performances were highly variable, reports Ahren Lester.

  • NN launches corporate green bond fund

    03 March 2020

    NN Investment Partners has launched a corporate green bond fund amid significant growth in the level of issuance from companies in 2019.

  • Large asset owners deterred by lack of quality impact strategies - NNIP survey

    17 February 2020

    Asset managers have been urged to develop more sophisticated impact investment strategies, after a survey by NN Investment Partners revealed that many large Nordic asset owners are interested in the market but are unconvinced by a lack of quality and scale of existing impact strategies.

  • NNIP launches €405m impact equity funds

    11 February 2020

    NN Investment Partners has launched three thematic impact equity funds designed to contribute to 14 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Impact investment fund of funds passes 'milestone' assets level

    03 February 2020

    An impact investment fund of funds has passed €100 million ($110 million) in assets under management (AUM), shortly after completing a new investment based around financial inclusion.

  • "Pitfalls" in ESG ratings requires investor caution

    31 January 2020

    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.

  • People Moves 22 November

    22 November 2019

  • NNIP's green bond fund passes €1bn, up from €557m last year

    10 September 2019

    NN Investment Partners' (NNIP) green bond fund has exceeded €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in assets under management (AuM)

  • Investors missing social and governance opportunity, says NNIP

    02 September 2019

    Many investors fail to see the value to be gained from social and governance-themed investments, and are missing out on “attractive” opportunities, according to NN Investment Partners (NNIP).