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  • Green bond funds swing back to black in 2023

    13 March 2024

    2023 saw the growing sustainable bond fund market make positive returns after a torrid two years, with forecasts of another strong year to come. Ahren Lester reports

  • Sustainable bond fund assets hit $41bn record

    01 March 2024

    Investor appetite for sustainable bond funds has sent the market to record highs in 2023, with expectations of more to come in 2024. Ahren Lester reports

  • People Moves, 22 December: Nikko AM, Kiko Ventures, SUSI Partners, Royal London

    22 December 2023
  • Nikko Asset Management to acquire share in Tikehau Capital

    20 December 2023
  • Nikko AM acquires minority stake in Osmosis

    07 November 2023
  • Sustainable bond market will become 'too large to ignore' for US issuers

    26 October 2023

    Despite a surprisingly lacklustre US sustainable bond issuance response to the massive climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) stimulus package, a green bond investor argues that "problem" of cautious US issuers will soon "take care of itself" as the market grows.

  • 'First' green bond fund in major revamp as market matures

    26 October 2023

    Nikko Asset Management has significantly revamped its ground-breaking green bond fund, as it reflects on the increasing opportunity in the sustainable bond market, Steve Williams tells Ahren Lester

  • Japan: a land of climate opportunity

    29 September 2023

    Japan has high GHG emissions but its companies provide a compelling energy transition investment opportunity, writes Masayuki Teraguchi

  • $20trn of investors urge firms to set science-based targets

    13 October 2020
  • Q&A - reflections of a green bond pioneer

    19 February 2020

    In February 2010, while CIO at Nikko Asset Management, Stuart Kinnersley* established the world's first dedicated green bond fund - the Nikko/World Bank Green Bond Fund. 10 years on, he answers questions about the subsequent developments in this space and his hopes for the coming decade.