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  • Affirmative green bond pioneers set up impact consultancy

    20 October 2021

    Three green bond experts, most recently working at Affirmative Investment Management (AIM), have set up an impact investing advisory firm.

  • Kinnersley steps down from Affirmative Investment Management

    14 June 2021

    Stuart Kinnersley has stepped down as Managing Partner at Affirmative Investment Management (AIM)...

  • Q&A - reflections of a green bond pioneer

    19 February 2020

    In February 2010, while CIO at Nikko Asset Management, Stuart Kinnersley* established the world's first dedicated green bond fund - the Nikko/World Bank Green Bond Fund. 10 years on, he answers questions about the subsequent developments in this space and his hopes for the coming decade.

  • Renewables projects have highest 'carbon yield', says Affirmative

    01 October 2018

    Renewable energy projects generate greater carbon savings than other types of projects funded by green bonds, according to recent research.

  • Affirmative's new impact bond fund kicks off with $30m

    17 May 2018

    Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) has launched an impact fund to be focused on short-term bonds.

  • Green bond round-up, 28 June 2017

    28 June 2017

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to issue its fourth green bond this year, hoping to raise $500 million, which will make it the largest municipal issuer in the world.

  • Swiss investment firm reveals details of green bond fund

    01 March 2017

    A Swiss asset manager, with more than SFR220 billion ($218 billion) under management, has launched a fund dedicated to investments in 'climate bonds'.

  • Green bonds reach the tipping point

    22 July 2014

    A surge of corporate issues is supporting a bullish mood in the environmental bond market, says Graham Cooper

  • Kinnersley launches fixed income firm after leaving Nikko

    27 June 2014

    Stuart Kinnersley, formerly chief investment officer at Nikko Asset Management has left the firm after 16 years to set up a new company with Stephen Fitzgerald, a former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.