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  • Pimco: SDG bonds and use-of-proceeds bonds 'can co-exist'

    30 October 2019

    Fixed income investment giant Pimco believes that use-of-proceeds bonds and SDG-linked instruments "may be complementary" and can co-exist under the overarching framework of SDG-aligned bonds.

  • ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Americas conference 2019

    14 October 2019

    The conference attracted 300 delegates this year, as the discussion broadened out to cover sustainability in the overall fixed income market. Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps report

  • The ESG data files - part four: fixed income data

    21 August 2019

    While the availability of sustainability-related data for fixed income investments is catching up with that for equities, much progress remains to be made, Michael Hurley is told

  • Pimco looks to emerging markets for sovereign green bonds

    06 August 2019

    Fixed income investment giant Pimco has encouraged international financial institutions (IFIs) to ramp up support for emerging market sovereigns to issue green bonds.

  • Pimco, AfDB, Iberdrola and ING elected to GBP executive committee

    13 June 2019

    US investment management giant Pimco and Dutch bank ING are among four institutions to have been elected to the executive committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) and Social Bond Principles (SBPs).

  • Pimco sees little impact on returns from ESG bias in developed markets

    05 June 2019

    Returns from Pimco's global bond funds which focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, (LINK) have been very similar to those from their traditional counterparts, said Andrew Balls, the company's CIO, global fixed income.

  • Pimco claims success in push for more SDG bonds

    23 April 2019

    Investment giant Pimco is claiming success in its campaign to encourage more issuance of bonds linked to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • People Moves: Natixis, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Schroders, PIMCO, Truvalue Labs, MSCI, SASB, Boston Trust and Walden, ANZ and Swiss Association for Responsible Investment

    15 February 2019

    Harald Walkate has been appointed as Natixis Investment Managers' first head of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG.

  • SASB launches its standards

    09 November 2018

    The Sustainability Accountability Standards Board (SASB), one of major reporting bodies, has published its sustainability standards, at a time when environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is gaining momentum.

  • Pimco launches ESG version of investment grade credit fund

    02 October 2018

    Pimco, one of the world’s leading fixed income investors, has taken another big step in its commitment to investments based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.