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People Moves: SSGA, UBS

State Street hires Funk

Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?

Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).

‘Sustainable’ funds investing a fraction of portfolio in EU taxonomy-eligible activities

Regular funds, in general, have a greater share of revenue from EU Taxonomy-eligible activities than funds that are marketed as sustainable, Swedish bank SEB has found.

Lombard Odier hires Kaminker

Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has recruited Christopher Kaminker for the newly created role of head of sustainable investment research & strategy.

People Moves: SEB, Crédit Agricole, Amundi, BNP Paribas, RLAM, SIF

Kaminker departs SEB, Crédit Agricole hires former HSBC head and more

Annual costs for impact reporting 'typically in €10k-€25k range'

A survey of green bond issuers and investors sheds light on how they approach impact reporting, says Björn Bergstrand

UK Green Finance Institute 'to boost catastrophe bonds and green mortgages'

Scaling up the catastrophe bond market and the issuance of green mortgages will be among the priorities for the UK's Green Finance Institute, which was officially launched today.

People Moves: Nature Conservancy, UBS, Premier Asset Management, AP6, LuxFLAG

NGO the Nature Conservancy has announced board directors and leadership members.

Bond round-up: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more

People Moves: AAM, Morgan Stanley, AP1, Carbon Market Institute, Gold Standard, Ethic, Aviva Investors

Aegon Asset Management (AAM) has hired two people for its responsible investment team.