Japanese regulator to review stewardship code for institutional investors

Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), is to review the Japanese stewardship…

ESG,Investors

EU green bond standard ‘likely to kill’ second party opinions

The proposed EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) “is likely to kill the second party opinion format as we…

Green Bonds,Policy

People Moves: Citi, BlackRock, ClientEarth

Eckhart retires from Citi, O'Flynn appointed BAI Head of Sustainable Investing and more

People

‘Watershed moment’ for NGFS as international standard setters join

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors…

Policy

Environmental Finance launches ESG data guide

Environmental Finance has launched its Guide to ESG data providers, detailing more than 100 products…

ESG

MJ Hudson buys ESG consultancy Spring

Asset management adviser MJ Hudson has become the latest company to buy into the environmental, social…

ESG

Will the taxonomy deliver?

Will the EU's taxonomy succeed in boosting the flow of finance to a low-carbon economy, asks Elena K Johansson

ESG risks increasingly affect insurers' credit profiles

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks increasingly affect insurers' credit profiles, with…

Debt,ESG,Insurance

Green bond market should get a boost from proposed EU standards, say insiders

Revised proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) from the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable…

Green Bonds,Policy

Green bond round-up, 12 June 2019

The US Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) plans to enter the green bond market with…

Green Bonds

Green bond comment, June 2019: Three reasons to be cheerful

There has been a flurry of good news from the green, social and sustainability bond market in recent months. Here are three reasons to be cheerful.

Green Bonds

People Moves: BNP Paribas Asset Management, Calvert, AllianzGI, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Kempen and EY

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has announced Rob Gambi as global head of investments.

People

Investors in alternative assets eye opportunities from the SDGs

Almost 90% of investors in ’alternative’ assets such as real estate, infrastructure, private debt and…

ESG,Investors

'Varying understanding' of SDGs across the globe, says Hermes

The need to be more socially conscious is on the rise across the globe, but driving forces vary between…

ESG,Investors

Climate-threatened sovereigns can get multilateral development credit boost, Moody’s says

Moody’s Investors Service has predicted ‘substantial’ growth in the role of multi-lateral development…

Debt,Investors

Green bond round-up: ICO, Klabin, Reykjavik Energy, Midsummer, IBRD, Fabege, Housing New Zealand, Argosy Property and Vasakronan

Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued a €500 million ($562 million)…

Green Bonds

Worries that green bond standard will stifle market are 'premature', says EU's TEG

Fears that the EU's green bond standard will restrict the growth of the market are premature, according…

Green Bonds

Dai-ichi Life emphasises climate change in revised investment policy

Japanese insurer Dai-ichi Life has revised its investment policy in line with Japan’s stewardship code,…

ESG,Investors,Policy,Insurance

Winners of Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 honoured by market

The Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 feature several repeat winners alongside many new names, as 13 extra categories were added this year in response to the rapid growth of social and sustainability bonds.

Green Bonds,Investors

Taxonomy 'to gain traction from date of publication in June'

The draft taxonomy published by the EU's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) could gain…

ESG,Policy