Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • UBS's Baldinger: Don't over-regulate sustainable investments, the market is already on steroids

    25 April 2019

    UBS Asset Management's head of sustainable and impact investing has cautioned against regulating the market in the near future, calling the EU's work to develop a taxonomy of sustainable investment "worrying".

  • HSBC offers Walmart suppliers sustainability-linked finance

    18 April 2019

    HSBC is to offer Walmart's suppliers cheaper finance if they improve their sustainability performance.

  • Time to pile into ESG EM index, says UBS

    18 April 2019

    An environmental, social and governance (ESG)-screened emerging market index offers compelling opportunities for long-term investors to add value to their portfolios, according to UBS.

  • Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon

    17 April 2019

    La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).

  • UK's PRA is first regulator to publish supervisory statement on climate change

    15 April 2019

    The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has become the first regulator to publish its expectations on how banks and insurers should manage climate risks.

  • RobecoSAM rocked by resignation of both co-CEOs

    05 April 2019

    Both co-CEOs of RobecoSAM have resigned, the sustainability-focused asset manager revealed today.

  • Worries that green bond standard will stifle market are 'premature', says EU's TEG

    03 April 2019

    Fears that the EU's green bond standard will restrict the growth of the market are premature, according to Aila Aho, the rapporteur for the sub group that is devising proposals for the standard.

  • Profile: Richmond Global Compass' hedge fund

    25 March 2019

    The Compass Fund aims to tap into "the two greatest megatrends of the 21st century" - sustainable investing and AI. Peter Kellner talks to Peter Cripps

  • DNB becomes first central bank to sign PRI

    22 March 2019

    The Dutch central bank has issued a Responsible Investment Charter and has become the first central bank to sign the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Carney: responsible investing will help break the tragedy of the horizon

    21 March 2019

    Mark Carney revisited his landmark tragedy of the horizon speech, this time striking a more positive note about the "tremendous" opportunities created by the low-carbon transition, and predicting that sustainable investing will "go mainstream".