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  • Dorian and Faxai could cost insurers up to $15.5bn, say modellers

    16 September 2019

    Catastrophe risk modelling firms have released forecasts totalling up to $15.5 billion for the combined insured losses arising from Hurricane Dorian and Typhoon Faxai.

  • Climate change risk yet to be priced in, say investors

    16 September 2019

    An overwhelming 93% of institutional investors say climate change is still not being priced in by the key global financial markets as an investment risk, according to a report by asset manager BNY Mellon Investment Management and UK asset allocation research firm CREATE-Research.

  • Integrate climate risk now, insurers told

    16 September 2019

    Insurers should start integrating climate risk into their management and business operations now, and not wait for the perfect tools, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and UK charity ShareAction.

  • People Moves: SSGA, UBS

    13 September 2019

    State Street hires Funk

  • Don’t rely on easy climate gains in land-use sector, PRI report warns

    13 September 2019

    Existing climate scenarios lean too heavily on the expectation of major cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the land use sector and investors are therefore underestimating the amount of reductions that will need to happen in other sectors, according to a report commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Foresight launches A$150m fund for CBI-certified loans

    13 September 2019

    Foresight hopes to raise A$150 million ($100 million) for a fund that will make loans to Australian small-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects.

  • APG and PGGM target SDGs with AI platform

    12 September 2019

    Dutch pension fund managers PGGM and APG are set to launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform to help institutional investors target the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • US ESG funds fail to support shareholder resolutions, suggests SEC

    11 September 2019

    US-based funds that claim to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when they invest generally fail to support shareholder votes on such topics, according to a senior official at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • Telecoms green bonds ‘in top half’ of S&P’s Green Evaluation

    11 September 2019

    Green telecom bonds would fall in the top half of S&P’s scoring range under its Green Evaluation analysis, indicating a positive environmental impact, according to a report by the ratings agency.

  • Bonds round-up: France, IFC, Enel, RCBC… and more

    11 September 2019

    France taps green OAT to raise €1.7bn