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Nest selects LOIM to build £5bn 'thematic equity' fund
21 February 2024Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has been appointed to manage a "thematic equity mandate" that will be a default investment of rapidly growing UK pension fund Nest.
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EU GBS could bring transparency but lacks guidance, IEEFA claims
20 February 2024The upcoming European Green Bond Standard lacks guidance on standardised impact reporting, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has claimed.
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Partially liquid structures win over pension funds on renewables
20 February 2024'Semi-liquid' fund structures could help UK-based pension funds allocate more capital to renewables developments, Schroders Greencoat has claimed.
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'Big four' sustainable finance SPO providers emerge in 2023
20 February 2024Sustainalytics, S&P Global Ratings, ISS and Moody's have emerged as the 'big four' second-party opinion (SPO) providers in the sustainable finance market in 2023, but the race for market share has tightened as the sector matures and consolidates.
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Sustainable Bonds Insight 2024 published
20 February 2024The free-to-download report features infographics and data on the main trends in the GSSS markets in 2023 and includes brand new chapters and infographics dedicated to these new directions for the market.
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German government urged to work with France to build on UK transition plan work
19 February 2024The German government has been told to work with France and the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to build common expectations on corporate disclosure of climate transition plans, by a government-mandated expert group.
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ICMA encourages 'early adoption' of transition plans as it unveils framework
19 February 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has encouraged the "early adoption" of transition plans by companies, publishing a report which identifies three types of transition and provides an integrated transition plan framework.
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BlackRock acquires shares in largest wind farm in Africa
19 February 2024The Danish Climate Investment Fund has sold its stake in Lake Turkana Wind Power to a BlackRock-managed vehicle.
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Paris Agreement 'missed a trick' by not creating standard-setters, says Swiss Re
16 February 2024The insurance sector must look to external bodies to define the standards needed to make progress towards net-zero - but those bodies don't exist, according to Swiss Re's CEO.
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Emerging markets to increasingly tap sustainable bond market in 2024, says S&P
16 February 2024Emerging markets could increasingly access the labelled bond market in 2024, S&P Global Ratings predicted, despite moderate growth being forecast for the market as a whole.