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Time is ripe for US asset managers to engage oil majors

Domestic asset managers have been largely absent from climate engagement with US oil majors, but the Church Commissioners for England tells Ahren Lester that this could finally be changing.

A fifth of Barclays investors back fossil fuel financing phase out

More than a fifth of investors in Barclays backed a shareholder resolution urging the FTSE 100-listed lender to outline a plan to phase out its financing for fossil fuel firms.

Emerging market green bond issuance jumps a fifth in 2019

Green bond issuance across emerging markets jumped a fifth in 2019, a report by Amundi Asset Management and the International Finance Corporation revealed.

People Moves 7 May; Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Sustainalytics, Pollination, HSBC

Domini launches impact mutual fund

Domini Impact Investments has launched an impact equity fund that will invest in areas including low-carbon energy, financial inclusion and healthcare.

Impax wins Canadian impact fund advisor mandate

Impax Asset Management has been appointed as sub-advisor for Northwest & Ethical Investments' CAD115 million ($79 million) impact fund.

Exclusive: BlackRock partners with Rhodium to model climate risk

BlackRock is to partner with research firm Rhodium Group to provide data on the physical impacts of climate change.

HSBC picks fixed income head for impact role

HSBC's asset management division is to create an impact investing strategy that will be led by its former banking head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income research.

Shortage of impact strategies "is hampering progress"

A dearth of impact strategies among European asset managers is stunting market growth despite a surge in demand that saw $2 billion in net new flows to impact mutual funds last year, according to Cerulli Associates.

Green bond comment, May 2020: Coronabonds

The raft of issuance in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is another demonstration of how the bond market can be used to help tackle environmental and social problems, says Peter Cripps