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Pension scheme supervisors to get international ESG guidelines
29 August 2018More than 80 international private pension supervisors are to receive guidance on the application of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the supervision of pension fund investment.
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Pimco wins AUD440 million ESG fixed income mandate
29 August 2018Australian pension fund Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded Pimco a mandate to manage AUD440 million ($322 million) of fixed-income securities according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
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Sustainable finance has yet to be fully integrated in Germany's banks, says report
28 August 2018While sustainable finance hasn't reached the core business of Germany's financial institutions, the topic has attracted attention of the majority of its C-suite, a report claims.
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EU carbon update, 28 August 2018
28 August 2018Low auction volumes mean further gains in EU Allowance prices are possible this week, depending on the price of power, but some profit-taking could offset this buying pressure, says Louis Redshaw.
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EU's sustainability taxonomy 'should not meddle with Solvency II capital requirements'
28 August 2018Solvency II capital requirements should be used to measure and capture risks and not as a base to artificially create incentives or disincentives to investing, Europe's insurance lobbying group has said.
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RobecoSAM launches electric vehicle strategy
28 August 2018RobecoSAM has launched a new strategy designed to plug into the massive expected growth in the sales of electric vehicles (EVs).
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Bearing the standard for green bond growth
24 August 2018As the green bond market has grown, a plethora of national and regional standards has sprung up. What do they bring to the market and are they necessary, ask Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps
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World’s largest sovereign wealth fund urged not to pursue divestment
24 August 2018Divestment of the oil and gas stocks in the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) “is not an effective insurance against a permanent decline in oil prices” and the stocks only contribute marginally to Norway’s oil price risk, according to a committee set up to explore the issue.
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Green bond funds double AuM in 12 months (Full table here)
24 August 2018Total assets under management (AuM) in green bond funds has more than doubled since July 2017, to $5.34 billion, according to a survey by Environmental Finance. In the same period, the number of funds has risen by more than a third, to 38.
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EU benchmark proposals should be abandoned, says think tank
24 August 2018The European Commission’s proposed reforms to benchmark indexes are “too far from contributing to [their] objectives to be amended” and should be abandoned, according to 2° Investing Initiative.