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Sustainable bond funds upbeat after second year in black
18 March 2025The sustainable bond fund market recorded its second consecutive year of positive returns in 2024, with optimism high for another robust year for fixed income returns. Ahren Lester reports
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McDonald's, Walmart and Ferrari: What biodiversity funds are holding
17 March 2025Hermes, Netflix and Apple are among the companies held by some biodiversity funds. Genevieve Redgrave looks under the hood of their top 10 holdings
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Biodiversity fund managers remain bullish on prospects for 2025
14 March 2025Biodiversity fund managers said they are positive about the prospects for their funds, despite suffering net outflows last year.
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Sustainable bond funds assets hit record $46bn in 2024
07 March 2025Sustainable bond fund assets edged higher, to a record $46 billion in 2024. Managers are optimistic of further growth in 2025. Ahren Lester reports
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Sustainable Debt EMEA: early bird ends today
28 February 2025The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference ends today, so register now to save 20%.
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Sustainable bond fund universe expands to 126 in 2024
26 February 2025The number of specialised labelled sustainable bond funds grew by 12% in 2024, despite fund closures, Ahren Lester reports
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ERAFP and FRR to develop 'method to measure the effectiveness of engagement'
10 February 2025A group of major French asset owners has co-led the creation of a group to devise a way to measure the effectiveness of investor engagement with corporates and their asset managers on issues including climate change.
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Decline in energy sector's EU taxonomy alignment bucks positive trend in other sectors
27 January 2025Energy companies reported a decline in their alignment with the EU taxonomy last year, bucking a trend of increased alignment in most other sectors which data provider Bloomberg said bolstered the use case for the taxonomy.
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AXA IM adopts labels for three funds under FCA's sustainability regime
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Number of funds using FCA sustainability labels rises to 39, with more in pipeline
08 January 2025The number of UK funds to have confirmed that they will use one of four sustainable investment labels has increased to 39, Environmental Finance has learned.