Archive

  • EF BRIEFS: EOS, UBS

    01 February 2017

    EOS Investment Management (IM) has acquired a 40MW renewable energy portfolio in Italy for €140 million ($150.2 million)

  • LGIM launches green tilt fund with £1.85bn from HSBC

    07 November 2016

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched the Future World Fund, a multi-factor global equities index fund with a 'tilt' to address climate change investment risks.

  • AXA IM launches 'smart beta' ESG fund for European investors

    13 July 2016

    AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched a 'smart beta' fund that incorporates both positive and negative screening of companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.

  • Pension giant 'eyes FTSE Russell's new Low-Carbon Economy model'

    06 July 2016

    One of the world's largest pension schemes is gearing up to reallocate 25% of its equities portfolio into FTSE Russell's new Low-Carbon Economy (LCE) model, it was claimed today.

  • EU is 'considering its own version of France's energy transition law'

    06 July 2016

    The EU is considering its own version of France's ground-breaking energy transition law, it was claimed today.

  • The changing climate for investors

    20 June 2016

    Just as the transition to a low-carbon economy is gathering pace, so are investors' responses.

  • Q&A: The FTSE4Good semi-annual review

    20 June 2016

    Danone was among companies added to the FTSE4Good Index today, as tougher inclusion criteria begin to bite. David Harris, ESG director at FTSE Russell provides further information

  • FTSE Russell launches indexes tracking 'green revenue' of constituents

    06 June 2016

    FTSE Russell has launched 10 new indexes based on its new LCE data model that tracks the 'green revenue' of 13,400 public companies.

  • The green opportunity is 'almost as big as emerging markets'

    09 May 2016

    The value of companies' 'green revenues' is almost as big as the value of emerging markets, according to responsible investment pioneer Mark Makepeace, CEO of FTSE Russell.

  • Index innovator

    09 May 2016

    FTSE Russell's innovative new low-carbon index could be a taste of things to come, as the company gears up to launch a new data platform based on the transition to a low-carbon economy. Mark Makepeace talks to Peter Cripps