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NN IP endorses dedicated green bond allocation for investors
22 August 2017Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners has called on investors to dedicate a separate part of their portfolios to exclusively buy green bonds.
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Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark
28 July 2017The value of green bond funds is fast approaching the $2 billion mark after a spate of launches in the past two years, analysis by Environmental Finance has revealed.
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Manager of new green bond fund to be announced next month
28 July 2017A French pension scheme is expected to announce a €350 million ($400 million) green bond fund in mid-August, Environmental Finance has learned.
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KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party
24 May 2017Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.
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Standard Life plans impact investment funds
10 May 2017UK asset manager Standard Life Investments hopes to launch global and UK-focussed impact investment funds this year.
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Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement
08 May 2017Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.
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Comment: Why impact is the word of the moment
21 April 2017Measuring impact is increasingly a preoccupation of investors in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space.
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Green bond comment, March 2017
05 April 2017The rising tide of green bond funds is helping drive the market to new records, says Hamza Ali
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Asset manager devises Sustainable Development Goals tagging system
22 March 2017An asset manager has developed a system to tag equities according to whether they help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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People moves: NN IP, NextEnergy, CDM, Ethos
24 February 2017NN Investment Partners (IP) has recruited Adrie Heinsbroek to lead its newly created responsible investment team. Faryda Lindeman and Johan van der Lugt have also joined the team.