Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • UK pension fund trustees urged to consider ESG factors

    10 August 2016

    Trustees of UK pension funds are being encouraged by the industry regulator to consider longer-term financial risks such as climate change and unsustainable business practices.

  • NRG Yield to sell $150m of shares

    10 August 2016

    US yieldco NRG Yield has announced plans to raise $150 million by selling new shares.

  • Talanx makes first solar investment

    09 August 2016

    Insurer Talanx and commercial bank Nord LB have loaned €85.5 million ($95 million) to refinance two German solar farms - marking the insurer's first foray into the solar market.

  • Infra fund backs £160m UK biomass plant

    08 August 2016

    A fund backed by 19 institutions has invested in the construction of a £160 million ($210 million) biomass project in the UK.

  • The growing pains of UK yieldcos

    22 July 2016

    Weakening policy support and uncertainties caused by Brexit are among the challenges faced by the fledgling asset class. But it remains resilient, reports Peter Cripps

  • Insurers lag pension funds when it comes to tackling climate change

    21 July 2016

    The insurance sector is lagging behind pension funds when it comes to waking up to climate risk, a report has claimed.

  • BRICS Bank 'prices inaugural green bond'

    18 July 2016

    The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly called BRICS Bank, is understood to have priced a RMB3 billion ($450 million) green bond today.

  • Jupiter Ecology launches multi-asset version

    15 July 2016

    Asset manager Jupiter has launched a multi-asset version of its pioneering Ecology equities fund.

  • Kochetygova bolsters Northern Trust's ESG team

    15 July 2016

    Julia Kochetygova, former head of sustainability indices at S&P DJI, has been appointed to Northern Trust's environmental, social and governance (ESG) team.

  • Northern Trust and Stoxx launch ESG ETFs

    15 July 2016

    Northern Trust has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes created by Stoxx.