Archive

  • Foresight launches A$150m fund for CBI-certified loans

    13 September 2019

    Foresight hopes to raise A$150 million ($100 million) for a fund that will make loans to Australian small-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects.

  • Bringing biodiversity risk into focus

    Unanticipated biodiversity exposures can blow budgets, derail projects and shred corporate reputations. That's why a growing number of companies and financial institutions are turning to IBAT's authoritative global biodiversity datasets. Mark Nicholls reports

  • APG and PGGM target SDGs with AI platform

    12 September 2019

    Dutch pension fund managers PGGM and APG are set to launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform to help institutional investors target the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • US ESG funds fail to support shareholder resolutions, suggests SEC

    11 September 2019

    US-based funds that claim to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when they invest generally fail to support shareholder votes on such topics, according to a senior official at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • Telecoms green bonds ‘in top half’ of S&P’s Green Evaluation

    11 September 2019

    Green telecom bonds would fall in the top half of S&P’s scoring range under its Green Evaluation analysis, indicating a positive environmental impact, according to a report by the ratings agency.

  • Bonds round-up: France, IFC, Enel, RCBC… and more

    11 September 2019

    France taps green OAT to raise €1.7bn

  • Amundi and AIIB launch $500m climate bond portfolio

    10 September 2019

    Amundi and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and are to launch a $500 million climate bond fund to accelerate climate action among the Bank’s members.

  • NNIP's green bond fund passes €1bn, up from €557m last year

    10 September 2019

    NN Investment Partners' (NNIP) green bond fund has exceeded €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in assets under management (AuM)

  • MSCI snaps up Carbon Delta

    09 September 2019

    MSCI has bought Carbon Delta, as the wave of consolidation among climate risk data providers continues.

  • Cat bond market tested by natural disasters

    06 September 2019

    The growth of the catastrophe (cat) bond market has slowed, after being tested by a spate of cyclones and wildfires.