AllianzGI poaches BlackRock head of sustainable emerging market debt
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has hired Giulia Pellegrini as senior portfolio manager within its emerging market debt team.
World Bank working on sovereign ESG engagement guide
The World Bank's treasury plans to publish a guide that will include information on how investors can engage more effectively with issuers of sovereign debt.
World Bank launches fourth emissions reduction auction
A fourth pay-for-performance auction developed by the World Bank to stimulate investment in projects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has launched a new auction worth at least $6 million.
World Bank unveils carbon markets implementation partnership
An initiative to promote the use of carbon pricing has been announced on the sidelines of the COP25 event in Madrid.
Green bonds California 2019
The conference discussed a range of themes, including the California wildfires and what is the point of a label. Peter Cripps reports
World Bank launches sovereign ESG data portal
The World Bank has launched a free online platform that provides users with sovereign-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) data.
LeapFrog – targeting the emerging consumer
How does the world's biggest private equity impact specialist invest? Joe Walsh reports
Investing in the oceans
Investors targeting SDG14 – life below water – can find themselves fishing in murky waters, writes Joe Walsh
GPIF’s green bond investments surpass $1bn
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has grown its portfolio of green bond investments to more than $1 billion – less than half a year after it first bought green notes.
GPIF to invest in more CAB bonds to boost standardisation
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is to invest in "larger amounts" of climate awareness bonds (CABs) and sustainability awareness bonds (SABs) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and help boost standardisation, an EIB spokesman said.