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CT responsible strategy sells down CrowdStrike following 'embarrassing' outage
23 July 2024Columbia Threadneedle's Responsible Global Equity Strategy trimmed its position in CrowdStrike following the "bluescreen of death" debacle last week but said the investment case has not been eradicated.
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Impax to acquire SKY Harbor's European assets in fixed income push
10 July 2024UK-based Impax Asset Management has agreed to acquire the European assets of US fund manager SKY Harbor as part of the ongoing expansion of its fixed income capabilities.
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Controversial ExxonMobil lawsuit dismissed
19 June 2024The Texas District Court has dismissed a lawsuit by oil and gas giant ExxonMobil described as an "attack on shareholder democracy".
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UK climate tech start-ups face 'valleys of death'
14 June 2024UK climate tech start-ups will need more support if the country is serious about the transition to a low-carbon economy, panellists at a Barclays roundtable said.
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Head of Green Finance Institute calls for 'forceful stewardship'
12 June 2024The head of the UK's Green Finance Institute has called on investors to be "forceful" in their engagement with companies.
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Investor group backs SEC over courts for shareholder rights
29 May 2024A group of 39 investors representing combined assets under management of $5.2 trillion have backed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to continue as the preferred arbiter of shareholder proposals in the US.
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Averon Park plots acquisition of Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company
29 May 2024Sustainable infrastructure investor Averon Park has made a bid to acquire and take private London-listed timber investor Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company in a cash deal valuing the company at £167 million ($212.3 million).
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'No head in the sand' for net-zero investment at global asset managers, says Amundi
28 May 2024French asset manager Amundi said global asset managers in Europe must ensure their net zero commitments do not drive them to put their "heads in the sand" about their global transition impact, whilst emerging markets should be "front and centre" of sustainable strategies.
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New York State pension fund looks to ramp up climate investments
16 May 2024The New York State Common Retirement Fund has revealed to an Environmental Finance conference that it intends to scale-up its sustainable investments from an existing $22 billion to $40 billion.
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BNP Paribas to halt participation in oil and gas conventional bond issuance
14 May 2024French bank BNP Paribas has signalled that it will refrain from participating in conventional bond issues for companies in the oil and gas sector at its annual general meeting.