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Singapore to launch $2bn green investment programme
13 November 2019The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is to launch a $2 billion ‘green’ investment programme, as part of a raft of measures to stimulate green finance in the country.
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GRESB and Verisk Maplecroft launch climate risk scorecard
13 November 2019Real estate sustainability assessor GRESB and risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft have collaborated to create a Climate Risk & Resilience Scorecard.
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Islamic Development Bank plans inaugural green sukuk
12 November 2019The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) plans to issue its first green sukuk later this month under the terms of its newly finalised Sustainable Finance Framework.
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InsuranceERM survey: CROs take the lead on climate risk management
12 November 2019Survey of UK insurers reveal roles responsible for financial risks arising from climate change
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WCI Carbon Market Update, 12 November 2019
12 November 2019A modest rise in CCA prices last week suggests the market has not been badly shaken by the Trump administration's legal challenge to the WCI market, says Nicolas Girod*
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UK-Indian renewables company receives $150m investment from Masdar
12 November 2019Renewables firm Hero Future Energies (HFE) has received a $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) to fund its expansion.
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Oil Fund aims for 1% of investments in renewables by 2022
12 November 2019The managers of the $1.1 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund have set a target to invest about 1% of the fund’s value in renewables by 2022.
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Brunel selects managers for £1bn emerging markets sub-fund
12 November 2019Brunel Pension Partnership has selected Genesis Investment Management, Wellington Management and Investec Asset Management to run a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) emerging markets sub-fund.
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EU carbon market update, 11th November
11 November 2019Lower auction volume and colder temperatures are likely to provide support for EU Allowance prices this week, says Louis Redshaw*.
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New framework needed for assessing ESG within ABS
11 November 2019A new framework is needed to help assess environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations within asset-backed securitisations (ABS), according to Hermes Investment Management
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