ESG momentum has impacted stock prices, says MSCI study

Changes in environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores have affected stock prices of companies,…

ESG

Alpha flows from alternative ESG data, says Schroders

Identifying long-term environmental, social and governance (ESG) winners is about creating an individual…

Corporate,ESG,Equity

Miner slams MSCI's ESG rating report

A mining company has launched an extraordinary attack on its most recent environmental, social and governance…

ESG

BlackRock launches ETFs 'to take ESG mainstream'

BlackRock has launched six 'sustainable exchange-traded funds' (ETFs), which it hopes will propel environmental,…

ESG,Equity

People Moves: CalPERS, Sustainable Development Capital, IIRC, MSCI and Innergex

Jason Perez has joined California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) board of administration,…

People

Sustainalytics launches ‘gamechanging’ ESG risk ratings

Sustainalytics has launched a new risk ratings system it says will allow investors to better assess the…

Debt,ESG,Equity,Investors

MSCI integrates ESG information into all its analytics services

MSCI is making available its environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis tools across its range…

ESG,Investors

Setting a European benchmark

The European Commission's bold proposals to reform benchmark regulation are designed to increase the flow of green finance and reduce the risk of 'greenwashing'. Michael Hurley asks why change is required

ESG,Equity,Investors,Policy

Willis Towers Watson develops 'mainstream' ESG strategy with MSCI

Willis Towers Watson has developed a “mainstream” equity environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Equity

Green is Good

Times are a-changin' in the bond market. Companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings stand to have privileged access to the capital markets. A universal 'green treasury' approach is needed to reap the economic and social rewards, says Arthur Krebbers

Debt,Green Bonds

Impax attracts £286m from UK wealth manager

Impax Asset Management has been selected by UK wealth manager St James's Place to manage its £286 million…

ESG,Equity,Investors

People Moves: New York State Common Retirement Fund, 2° Investing Initiative, MSCI and ClimateWise

Anastasia Titarchuk has been announced as interim CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, replacing…

People

Amundi's early mover

Frédéric Samama has been a key mover in the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, the creation of low-carbon indexes, and now the world's biggest green bond fund. He talks to Peter Cripps

Equity,Green Bonds,Investors,Stranded Assets

ICMA issues guide to link SDGs to green bond market

A guide to help issuers and investors understand how green, social and sustainability bonds contribute…

ESG,Green Bonds,Investors

Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced

The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

Investors

Climate and SDGs to be focus of French pension fund's new SRI strategy

Climate change is “the biggest risk” to the €36.4 billion ($44 billion) FRR pension fund in coming years, Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr, chief investment officer of the pension fund, tells Michael Hurley.

Green Bonds,Policy,Stranded Assets

Water: managing risk and embracing opportunity

More than 100 delegates gathered at Environmental Finance's conference on water, hosted by the London Stock Exchange, to discuss an investment opportunity worth about $7.5 trillion, writes Michael Hurley.

ESG,Investors,Water