News

• 'Healthy outlook' for ILS markets as investment surges – Aon Benfield

  06 September 2012

  Growth in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market looks set to continue following a "stellar year" of performance, according to Aon Benfield Securities.

• Obama and Romney divided on clean energy policy

  06 September 2012

  US Democrats reiterated their commitment to clean energy, drawing a stark contrast to a Republican platform geared more toward fossil fuels.

• Climate change tops investors' ESG agenda – UN PRI

  06 September 2012

  Institutional investors managing $2 trillion in assets have identified climate change, supply chain labour standards and executive remuneration as the most important environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a UN survey.

• EU to probe Chinese solar imports

  06 September 2012

  The European Commission is to investigate the dumping of Chinese solar panels in Europe, in what it describes as its most significant anti-dumping complaint to date.

• DC court overreached in CSAPR ruling – law professor

  06 September 2012

  The DC Circuit Court acted aggressively in overruling the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest effort to control power plant emissions, going beyond the usual level of judicial oversight of federal agencies, according to one legal expert.

• Flurry of UK climate policies a barrier to investors – experts

  06 September 2012

  The UK needs to simplify and streamline its climate and environmental policies in order to attract more green investment, members of the parliament (MPs), the industry and analysts have said.

• Emissions trading, grants and loans to boost US energy efficiency

  04 September 2012

  US government agencies should incentivise industrial energy efficiency through emissions trading, grants and loans, according to a presidential decree.

• Solar fund targets UK pension investors

  03 September 2012

  Goldfield Partners has launched a solar energy fund aimed at pension funds and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investors, with a £50 million ($80 million) target.

• Few fish farming companies sustainable – Sarasin

  03 September 2012

  Only a handful of stocks in the fish farming sector qualify as sustainable, according to Bank Sarasin, which warns that the industry faces many challenges in order to become sustainable.

• Brookfield lines up for Western Wind bid

  31 August 2012

  Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners has acquired a sizeable chunk of the equity of renewable energy developer Western Wind Energy, likely precipitating a bid for the full company, according to an analyst.