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  • An extended EU taxonomy 'would be clearer for investors'

    18 August 2021

    Extending the EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities to have separate criteria to identify activities that cause 'significant harm' would provide clarity for investors about which activities are unsustainable, a webinar heard.

  • Boom time for green bond funds

    04 March 2020

    Green bond funds reported sizeable assets growth in 2019, Ahren Lester explains, as the green bond market benefitted from rising market credibility and the arrival of ubiquitous corporate names.

  • Riksbank divestments ‘open floodgates’ to questions on climate divestment

    14 November 2019

    The Swedish Riksbank’s climate-related divestment from carbon-intensive issuers is set to ramp up the pressure on other investors who hold the bonds, demonstrating the potential influence of central banks on climate change, market observers have said.

  • Green bond funds struggle in tough 2018

    22 February 2019

    In a tough year for fixed income markets, most green bond funds lagged their benchmarks. Peter Cripps and Elena K. Johansson report

  • Losing faith in fossil fuels

    05 October 2018

    The Church of Sweden Pension Fund applies strict fossil fuel exclusion criteria to its investments and allows scope for a relatively large tracking error in its pursuit of sustainable returns. Carl Cederberg, the fund's CEO, explains why to Michael Hurley

  • SPP creates European fossil-free fund

    16 March 2018

    Swedish pension provider SPP has created a European fossil-free fund to add to its existing portfolio of three climate funds.

  • 'World's largest' green bond fund expands by one-third

    02 March 2018

    Swedish pension provider SPP's green bond fund has grown its assets by about one third in the past year, to SEK 3.7 billion ($462 million), as it achieved its three-year track record.

  • KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party

    24 May 2017

    Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.

  • Storebrand's fossil-free funds see $600m of inflows this year

    28 October 2016

    Norway's Storebrand (SPP) has said that NOK5 billion ($603 million) has been invested in its fossil-free funds since the start of 2016.

  • Kommuninvest issues largest ever SEK green bond

    19 October 2016

    Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest has priced the largest ever Swedish krona green bond, raising some SEK5 billion ($570 million).