Erste doubles its total managed assets incorporating ESG criteria

Austrian firm Erste Asset Management said it will make environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria…

Carbon,Debt,Equity,Renewables

Q&A - reflections of a green bond pioneer

In February 2010, while CIO at Nikko Asset Management, Stuart Kinnersley* established the world's first dedicated green bond fund - the Nikko/World Bank Green Bond Fund. 10 years on, he talks to Peter Cripps about the subsequent developments in this space and his hopes for the coming decade.

Debt,Green Bonds,Investors,People

Treasurers call for help to overcome ESG bond nervousness

Ongoing nerves among corporate treasurers about issuing green, social and sustainability bonds could be settled by helpful engagement with fixed income investors. Ahren Lester hears the views of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Debt,Green Bonds

Sustainability-linked bonds 'could outgrow green bond market', says ICMA's Pfaff

The nascent sustainability-linked bond market could outgrow the green bond market, according to the International…

Debt,Green Bonds

RBS targets halving emissions from financing activity by 2030

The UK's Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) pledged to halve the climate activity of its financing activity…

Carbon,Debt

Moody's says ESG concerns increasingly influencing credit quality

Moody's Investors Services said environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns were "increasingly"…

Debt

African access to energy fund raises $45m at first close

A fund aiming to allocate $120 million to projects that provide 'affordable' access to energy for homes…

Debt,Equity,IMPACT

Argentina and Brazil have 'most sovereign credit risk from natural capital'

Argentina and Brazil have been identified as the two G20 countries facing the greatest risk from factors…

Debt,Green Bonds,Policy

Jupiter joins criticism of EU Ecolabel's focus on green bonds

Jupiter Asset Management has joined Triodos Investment Management in voicing concerns about the EU's…

Debt,Green Bonds,Policy

BNY Mellon launches sterling version of sustainable bond fund

BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched a sustainable, sterling version of its £2 billion ($2.6…

Debt,Green Bonds

AllianzGI poaches BlackRock head of sustainable emerging market debt

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has hired Giulia Pellegrini as senior portfolio manager within its…

Debt,People

Developed European nations dominate climate resilience ranking

Developed European nations were prominent among the most resilient countries to climate change, a report…

Carbon,Debt,Policy,Renewables,Stranded Assets,Water

World Bank working on sovereign ESG engagement guide

The World Bank's treasury plans to publish a guide that will include information on how investors can…

Debt,ESG,ESG Data,Investors

Shipping - the trillion-dollar challenge

The growing support for the Poseidon Principles underlines the crucial role for finance in helping the shipping industry chart a course towards a greener future, says Ahren Lester

Carbon,Debt,Policy

Lloyds targets halving emissions from loan book by 2030

Carbon,Debt

Nasdaq's European business reports 65% sustainable debt growth in 2019

Debt,Green Bonds

EU's fund EcoLabel 'should look beyond green bonds'

The proposed EU EcoLabel for bond funds will limit itself to "green pockets" of the market if it focuses…

Debt,Green Bonds

FTSE Russell launches climate-risk adjusted EU government bonds index

Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a climate-risk adjusted version of its European government bond…

Debt

Australian bushfires hit GDP, but current credit impact limited

Moody's Investors Service believes the short-term sovereign and state-level credit impact of the Australian…

Debt

Swiss Re structures cat bond to protect asset manager against quake risk

Swiss Re's insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit has structed and placed a pioneering parametric catastrophe…

Debt,Investors