Green bond fund assets reach $25bn

Despite challenging market conditions, total assets in green bond funds hit $25 billion at the end of 2021. Ahren Lester reports

Debt,Green Bonds,Investment

AXA IM launches social and sustainable bond fund

AXA Investment Managers (IM) has launched a €30 million ($34 million) social and sustainable bond fund,…

IMPACT,Investment

Axa launches short-duration green bond fund

Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has launched an £11 million ($15 million) short-duration green bond…

Green Bonds,Investment

Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity…

ESG,ESG Data,Equity,Investment

Finance for Biodiversity calls for input to impact assessment guide

Financial institutions, corporates, governments and regulators have been asked to explain how they measure…

IMPACT,Natural Capital

Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - where to next?

Amid ongoing innovation and accelerating growth in 2021, where should the sustainability-linked bond market look next? Ahren Lester reports

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds

Axa impact fund, Circularity Capital invest in fibre-based packaging

Private equity firm Circularity Capital and Axa Investment Managers' (Axa IM) alternatives division have…

IMPACT

News round-up: UK joins IPSF, Blackrock invests in US solar notes, WBA launches 'just transition' assessment...and more

ESG

UK joins International Platform on Sustainable Finance

ESG

Impact: Six areas to watch in 2021

A legal framework for impact, harmonisation of reporting frameworks and the rise of impact indexes could shape 2021, writes Michael Hurley

IMPACT

AMF study identifies weaknesses in French institutions' TCFD reports

Financial institutions continue to struggle to report decision-useful information on how their overall…

ESG Data,Policy

BlackRock, DWS, Natixis show 'basic' commitment to ESG, says Morningstar

Morningstar has identified Vanguard and Lyxor among asset managers with a 'low' level of commitment to…

ESG,Investment

News round-up: EU offshore wind push, muni green project fund, sovereign ESG data set ... and more

European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans encouraged EU member states to use funds from the…

ESG

Biodiversity impact measurement tool for investors to be created

Four French asset managers have issued a mandate to develop a tool to help investors integrate nature…

ESG Data,IMPACT,Natural Capital

ISS ESG launches transition bond second party opinion service

ISS ESG has updated its second party opinion (SPO) methodology to support issuers of transition bonds…

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds

Nippon Life to test impact investing waters with TPG investment

Nippon Life intends to invest this month in TPG's Rise Fund, as part of a plan to eventually invest JPY30…

IMPACT

Coronabonds webinar: Axa adopts 'flexible' approach as it invests heavily

Axa Investment Managers has tried not to be "too stringent" when assessing bonds issued in response to…

ESG,Green Bonds

Transition finance guidelines to be published 'by end of year'

A working group convened by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) exploring the theme of…

Green Bonds

Sustainalytics launches transition bonds second-party opinion service

ESG data provider Sustainalytics has launched a transition bond second-party opinion service, the first…

Green Bonds,Stranded Assets

APG and Axa buy big in €60bn Covid-19 bond market

APG Asset Management has invested €554 million ($604 million) in 'Covid-19 bonds' in recent weeks, a…

Debt,IMPACT