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News round-up: La Financière de l'Echiquier, SEIT, Green Climate Fund

La Financière de l'Echiquier adopts climate strategy

SEIT acquires Rochester District energy assets for $260m

GCF approves $137m FMO investment into India's Green Growth Equity Fund

Growing 'greenium' in labelled bond market divides opinions

A boom in demand for green, social and sustainability bonds has meant issuers of these instruments were increasingly able to achieve cheaper financing than from unlabelled bonds in recent months, according to HSBC - a trend which has unsettled some investors.

WCI carbon market update: 06 April 2021

Members of EU Platform threaten to resign over proposed taxonomy changes

Nine members of the EU's Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) have threatened to resign over planned changes to a 'taxonomy' of sustainable activities, voicing fears that it could be turned into a "greenwashing tool".

Danish FSA preparing supervisory action on 'greenwashing' funds

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) is planning to start actions against firms under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in 2021, but has made it clear it will be a "transition" year for the anti-'greenwashing' rules.

People Moves 2 April: BlackRock, PineBridge, Foresight Solar

EQT says case for positive impact focus boosted by pandemic

Swedish private equity group EQT says its aim to 'future-proof' its investment portfolio, including through making positive impact investments, was "sorely tested" last year - but that the pandemic boosted the case for its focus on thematic investments in digital infrastructure and healthcare.