Equity

  • Nature-positive investments still searching for a 'natural home' at Zurich

    14 March 2024

    Green bonds are an "easy play" for investors looking for nature-positive investments, according to Zurich - but the "natural home" among financial asset classes for natural capital investments remains unclear.

  • Edmond de Rothschild's infra specialist holds €306m third close

    11 March 2024
  • EQT closes €3bn impact fund

    06 March 2024
  • Permira launches climate transition platform

    06 March 2024
  • Impact investor consortium raise €215m for German electrolyser manufacturer

    05 March 2024
  • Performance in Covid period shows resilience of ESG investing, ESMA research says

    20 February 2024

    ESG-themed listed equities funds tended to have better financial performance and higher inflows than their peers at the height of Covid-19 - indicating the resilience of the investment style in periods of extreme financial stress, according to research by a regulator.

  • Snam secures inaugural Moody's net-zero plan score

    12 February 2024

    Snam has been awarded the inaugural Moody's 'Net Zero Assessment' (NZA) score, with the Italian energy infrastructure firm praised for its "clear" Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction plan but was warned of challenging Scope 3 "hurdles".

  • PAI looks to embed carbon pricing throughout its portfolio

    12 February 2024

    PAI Partners is to encourage its portfolio companies this year to use internal carbon pricing, in a bid to better manage transition risks within its funds.

  • HanETF to close two clean energy ETFs

    08 February 2024

    HanETF plans to shut down a solar-focused and a clean energy exchange-traded fund (ETF), citing a "failure to gather assets".

  • S&P DJI to create carbon budget-focused index for PenSam

    30 January 2024
  • Wheb introduces climate adaptation theme following hottest year on record

    25 January 2024

    Impact investor Wheb Asset Management has introduced a climate adaptation sub-theme, as global warming pushed temperatures to another record year in 2023.

  • Flows to European ESG ETFs continued to fall in 2023

    15 January 2024

    The amount of capital flowing into environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) in Europe declined in 2023, data from Morningstar has shown.

  • ESG resolution support among US asset managers slumps in 2023

    11 January 2024

    Key environmental, social and governance (ESG) shareholder resolutions at US firms in 2023 were backed by just half of major US asset managers, according to Morningstar - significantly falling behind their European peers.

  • Dedicated transition funds 'needed to drive change'

    09 January 2024

    Dedicated "transition" strategies can help "preserve clarity" in the sustainable investment sector and drive real change in the economy, said Altius Asset Management (Altius AM),...

  • Mirova bullish about European renewables as it trumpets wind exit

    09 January 2024

    Mirova said it continues to see opportunities in the European renewables market despite the macroeconomic outlook, as it exited a wind project investment that saw its valuation boosted by higher energy prices.