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Sustainable forestry - a budding market
10 March 2016Investors are increasingly seeing the merits of sustainable forestry. There are numerous ways to invest in this asset class, as Peter Cripps reports
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Relaunched Pictet Environmental Megatrends strategy beats benchmark
15 February 2016Pictet Asset Management's Environmental Megatrend Selection (EMS) strategy has outperformed the MSCI World, in its first full-year since being relaunched.
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Now is 'the right time to invest in forestry'
01 February 2016The prospects for a burgeoning housing market recovery in the US mean that now is "an extremely attractive moment" to invest in forestry, according to one fund manager.
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Impax's Simon Gottelier joins Pictet
14 January 2016Simon Gottelier, the manager of Impax's water strategy, has joined Pictet Asset Management, where he will manage a rival water fund.
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EAPF names sustainable equity mandate winners after extensive search
02 July 2015The UK's Environment Agency pension fund (EAPF) has selected four asset managers for its global sustainability equity mandate after a wide-ranging search.
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Sustainability pays off for Alliance Trust as AUM swells to £2bn
06 March 2015Alliance Trust said its increased focus on sustainability has helped push assets under management (AUM) beyond £2 billion ($3 billion).
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Funds tilt towards energy efficiency
10 October 2014Concerns over energy security and regulatory pressures are driving leading environmental funds to increase their exposure to companies offering energy efficient products and services. Graham Cooper reports
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Bond investors ponder fifty shades of green
12 August 2014Recent green bond issues have attracted mainstream as well as committed 'socially responsible' investors. But their views on what qualifies as 'green' can differ dramatically, as Graham Cooper reports
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First World Bank euro-denominated green bond raises €550m
14 March 2014The World Bank has issued its first benchmark sized green bond denominated in euros, in a "landmark" transaction that will help the European market scale up.
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IIGCC joins Climate Bond Standards board
14 January 2014The Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has added its weight to an initiative to agree standards for the rapidly growing green bonds market.