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People Moves: Carmignac
28 June 2019Justin Kew has been appointed as sustainability manager at Paris-based asset manager Carmignac.
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Video: impact metrics should be more comparable
28 June 2019Impact reporting is crucial for investors as they gain access to transparent information about where their money go, how they are using them and what is the impact or their investments, according to Angela Brusas, Senior Funding Manager at Nordic Investment Bank.
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FTSE Russell to launch climate government bond index
28 June 2019FTSE Russell will next month launch what it believes to be the first sovereign bond index to specifically integrate climate risk considerations, in what is set to be its first venture since buying data and analysis firm Beyond Ratings.
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ISS to launch climate scoring and voting tools
27 June 2019Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) will launch a climate scoring and a voting tool next month, which will allow investors to create customised climate voting policies.
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EU taxonomy ‘niche’ and likely to do as much harm as good, says fund manager
27 June 2019The EU’s taxonomy of sustainable climate-related economic activities “is likely to do as much harm as good”, a UK-based fund manager has said.
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Trium Capital to launch emissions impact fund
27 June 2019UK-based alternative asset manager Trium Capital plans to launch a European collective investment scheme (UCITS) "impact" fund that actively engages with companies in high-emitting sectors to reduce their carbon footprint.
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Green Bonds round-up, 26 June
26 June 2019BBVA issued its first green bond, also for €1 billion, in May 2018. Since then it has issued two much smaller bonds, in September 2018 and February 2019.
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The ESG data files - introduction
26 June 2019ESG data has gone 'mainstream'. But how good is it, and in what ways does it need to improve? Environmental Finance is today launching a series of features to answer these questions. Peter Cripps reports
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Stoxx wins low-carbon index deal with four German pension funds
26 June 2019Stoxx has signed a landmark licensing deal to provide sustainable, climate-friendly global index solutions to four German pension funds.
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Stewardship in passive funds will be the new normal, says survey
25 June 2019Pension funds and their fund managers will drive corporate stewardship in their passive investments to the extent that it becomes the new normal, a survey has found.