Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Internet of things to 'usher in new epoch' for sustainable investors

    22 August 2016

    The growth of the internet of things (IoT) is set to usher in a new era for investors, and will prove a "gamechanger" in terms of achieving sustainability through innovation.

  • Reinsurers should reassess catastrophe exposure - S&P

    18 August 2016

    The likelihood of reinsurers failing to break even in a calendar year is now twice as likely than in 2012, owing to firms' exposure to certain catastrophe events, according to a report by rating agency S&P.

  • Natural disasters cause $68bn of losses in H1

    18 August 2016

    A spate of thunderstorms in the US and Europe, and wildfires in Canada helped push the economic losses caused by natural disasters to $68 billion in the first half of 2016.

  • Yieldco Pattern Energy buys wind stake after equity raise

    17 August 2016

    US yieldco Pattern Energy plans to buy a 50% stake in the 180MW Armow wind farm, using the proceeds of a recent equity raise.

  • NRG Yield prices $350m of notes

    16 August 2016

    Yieldco NRG Yield has priced $350 million of senior notes.

  • Extreme weather pushes Achmea into the red

    15 August 2016

    Dutch insurer Achmea has blamed 'supercell thunderstorms' for pushing it into a first-half loss.

  • Industrial waste water fund reaches $320m final close

    12 August 2016

    A "first-of-its-kind" fund that invests in industrial water infrastructure has reached a $320 million final close, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Profile: Resonance's Industrial Water Infrastructure fund

    12 August 2016

    Capital is flowing into the first fund of its kind to invest in industrial water recovery projects, reports Peter Cripps

  • Henderson's SRI funds drop roadbuilder exclusion policy

    11 August 2016

    Henderson Global Investors said its three global sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) funds have dropped their policy of excluding companies that build roads.

  • Zurich blasts past $1bn green bond milestone

    10 August 2016

    Zurich's holdings of green bonds have broken through the $1 billion barrier, the insurer has revealed.