EU Carbon Market Update, 13 January
The outlook is bearish for EU Allowance prices, says Adam Windmill*, as auction supply doubles this week with no obvious additional sources of demand
The outlook is bearish for EU Allowance prices, says Adam Windmill*, as auction supply doubles this week with no obvious additional sources of demand
BlackRock has pledged to make sustainability its "new standard of investing," as it announced sweeping changes to its practices, including reducing exposure to thermal coal firms.
Swiss Re's insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit has structed and placed a pioneering parametric catastrophe bond covering US earthquake risks in a portfolio of mortgage investments.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies in the EU and North America remained a source of outperformance since the start of 2018, an updated report by Amundi Asset Management showed.
German index provider Solactive has released the Future Trends Index Series, based on economic factors defined as 'megatrends'.
Franklin Templeton has warned that the UN Social Development Goals are "vulnerable to misuse, misrepresentation and dilution" if companies fail to go beyond announcing alignment with the goals towards actively contributing to them.
Sentiment in the market for California Carbon Allowances remains bullish and the activity of financial sector participants could be critical, says Nicolas Girod.*