News

• PIP infrastructure fund makes first investment

  18 July 2016

  The Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF), managed by the UK's Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP), has made its first investment – a £27.5 million ($36.4 million) refinancing of a 6.71MW portfolio of rooftop solar installations in England and Wales.

• Link REIT's $500m green bond is Hong Kong's first

  15 July 2016

  Property firm Link REIT has issued a $500 million green bond.

• 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.

• Natural Capital Protocol launches

  14 July 2016

  A framework has been launched to help businesses incorporate 'natural capital' factors into their accounting processes.

• Aurora plans $415.4m green-labelled water bond

  14 July 2016

  The city of Aurora in Colorado plans to issue its first green bond, raising $415.36 million.

• EBRD issues its biggest ever green bond

  14 July 2016

  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has priced its largest ever green bond, in an issue that was upsized to $650 million.

• Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment

  14 July 2016

  Big insurers want to avoid correlation with natural catastrophe liabilities while smaller players dodge political risk

• AXA IM launches 'smart beta' ESG fund for European investors

  13 July 2016

  AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched a 'smart beta' fund that incorporates both positive and negative screening of companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.