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Sustainalytics helps Morningstar assess carbon risk in 30,000 funds
01 May 2018Investment research firm Morningstar has launched its Portfolio Carbon Risk Score, based on Sustainalytics’ Carbon Risk Ratings, to provide an asset-weighted carbon-risk score of the holdings in a portfolio.
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Green bond round-up, 25 April
25 April 2018More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.
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Fixed income investors need more ESG products, says Japan's GPIF
20 April 2018Institutional investors are being constrained because of a lack of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused products for fixed income investors, a report co-published by the GPIF has claimed.
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JP Morgan and BlackRock launch ESG emerging market fixed income index
19 April 2018JP Morgan and BlackRock have joined forces to launch what they claim to be the "first-of-its kind" suite of emerging markets, fixed income indexes that integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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Green bond round-up, 18 April 2018
18 April 2018BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering paying a coupon of 1.00%.
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M&G launches private debt impact fund
16 April 2018UK asset manager M&G Investments has launched a fund focusing on private and illiquid debt that will deliver a positive social or environmental impact.
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Olam secures Asia's first sustainability-linked club loan facility
26 March 2018Agri business Olam has signed a three-year sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, aggregating $500 million of loans.
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Sustainalytics boosts emerging markets expertise with Solaron deal
19 March 2018Sustainalytics has bolstered its emerging markets expertise with the acquisition of Solaron Sustainability Services, as the arms race in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data space continues to escalate.
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ISS expands ESG offering with Oekom acquisition
15 March 2018Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has continued to build out its capabilities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data arena, with the acquisition of Oekom Research, arguably the last of the independent second party opinion providers in the green bond market.
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Green Bond Comment, February 2018
07 March 2018Sovereign issuers gave a major boost to the green bond market in February, with inaugural issues from Belgium (€4.5 billion) and Indonesia ($1.25 billion) and a repeat issue from Poland (€1.0 billion).