Archive

  • High times for low-carbon indexes

    18 February 2015

    The oil rout and the intensifying stranded assets debate have boosted investor interest in low-carbon indexes. What are the differences between the growing number of products on offer, and how are they performing? Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports

  • World Bank issues green bond for Belgian investors

    19 November 2014

    The World Bank has launched a retail green bond for investors in Belgium.

  • Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards

    13 November 2014

    The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps

  • Barclays and MSCI launch green bond index, excluding Unilever

    13 November 2014

    Barclays and MSCI have today launched their Green Bond Index, excluding major issues from Unilever and Iberdrola.

  • The rise of the green bond index

    06 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays/MSCI and Standard & Poor's have started green bond indexes. What impact will they have on the fledgling market, ask Sophie Robinson-Tillett and Peter Cripps

  • BAML launches green bond index

    04 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has launched a green bond index, which it claims has been the best performing of any flagship investment-grade index in recent years.

  • World Bank sees strong demand for structured green bonds

    30 September 2014

    The World Bank has trebled the size of its latest structured bond in response to strong demand from retail investors.

  • Solactive and Corporate Knights launch low-carbon index

    26 September 2014

    A family of low-carbon indexes has been launched, which claims to be the first to use a system established by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

  • Fund to launch following new resource efficiency index

    15 September 2014

    Investment firm VIS Essential Investments is to launch a resource efficiency fund later this year to accompany its new index.

  • Barclays and MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

    02 July 2014

    Barclays has teamed up with index provider MSCI to launch a Green Bond Index in response to 'high demand' from institutional investors.