News

• NN Investment Partners plans listed equities impact fund

  20 June 2016

  Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners is planning to launch an impact fund targeting global listed equities.

• People Moves - 17 June 2016

  17 June 2016

  The latest moves at CPI, Trina Solar and S&P DJI

• SBAB sees price tightening on first Swedish bank green bond

  17 June 2016

  SBAB Bank has priced a SEK2 billion ($239 million) green bond, making it the first Swedish commercial bank to tap the market.

• Green Bond Principles revised to improve transparency

  16 June 2016

  Better reporting and more transparency are the key aims of the latest edition of the Green Bond Principles (GBP), the self-regulatory guidelines shaping the fast-growing market.

• GBPs rule against 'pure-play green bonds'

  16 June 2016

  Pure-play companies - those that derive most or all of their revenues from green activities - should not automatically label their bonds as green, according to a clarification in the latest iteration of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs).

• Green Bond Principles social bond annex revealed

  16 June 2016

  The Green Bond Principles (GPBs) has published a social bonds annex in the latest version of the voluntary guidelines.

• Eurosif revises mission under new head

  15 June 2016

  The pan-European sustainable investment forum, Eurosif, has revised its strategy under its recently appointed head Flavia Micilotta.

• BNP devises 'responsible dividend' strategy

  15 June 2016

  BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNP PIP) has devised a new 'responsible dividend' strategy, which it says will enhance its socially responsible investment (SRI) fund range.

• BNP launches new ESG analysis service

  15 June 2016

  BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNPPSS) has launched a service to help institutional investors monitor the performance of their portfolios in terms of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.

• MacPherson in and Kochetygova out at S&P DJI

  15 June 2016

  Julia Kochetygova is to step down as head of sustainability indices at S&P DJI, and will be replaced by ESG consultant Martina MacPherson, Environmental Finance has learned.