Archive

  • People Moves: Solactive, Majedie Asset Management and Sustainable Australia Fund

    10 May 2019

    Christian Grabbe, chief operating officer at Solactive and member of its management board, will depart the German index provider to pursue another career.

  • ESG indexes get smarter

    15 March 2019

    Combining factor investing and ESG, and adopting AI-based ESG data are among the hot trends in sustainability-focused indexes, writes Peter Cripps

  • AI-driven ESG indexes launched

    11 February 2019

    A family of indexes based on artificial intelligence (AI)-driven environmental, social and governance (ESG) data has been launched.

  • FTSE Russell and Solactive launch ESG indices

    04 February 2019

    Two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) indices have been launched. FTSE Russell has created a new equity ESG index, and Solactive has collaborated with ISS ESG to produce a series of ESG indexes covering both equities and fixed income.

  • Simplify SDG finance to unleash scale, says UBS

    23 January 2019

    UBS has called on the financial sector and policymakers to simplify and standardise investing in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help close the current financing gap to reach the goals.

  • Green bonds round-up, 17 October 2018

    17 October 2018

    German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief. This takes the total green debt issued by the bank to €3 billion.

  • World Bank issues sustainability-linked notes for UBS clients

    12 September 2018

    The World Bank has partnered with UBS to offer a bond linked to a sustainability index to help raise funds for its sustainable development work.

  • LGIM launches Future World fund for DC schemes

    19 June 2018

    A multi-asset fund for defined contribution (DC) schemes that 'tilts' toward top-performing companies based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has been added to the award-winning Future World family of funds.

  • New ESG index uses machine learning

    25 January 2018

    Deutsche Bank has launched an index that uses 'machine learning' to help select companies with a strong sustainability performance.

  • People Moves: Railpen, Solactive

    22 September 2017

    RPMI Railpen has appointed Jocelyn Brown as senior investment manager within the pension provider's sustainable ownership team.