Archive

  • NZ Super moves $10bn passive equities to low-carbon

    16 August 2017

    New Zealand Super Fund has shifted its NZ$14 billion ($10 billion) global passive equity portfolio into a low-carbon strategy.

  • IFC's Hartwick joins AIIB

    14 August 2017

    Evelyn Hartwick is to move from the IFC's Treasury department to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

  • Green bond round-up, 9 August 2017

    09 August 2017

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued its eighth green bond, raising $1.25 billion.

  • SUSI and South Pole launch €250m Southeast Asia renewables fund

    11 July 2017

    Swiss asset manager SUSI Partners and South Pole Group have launched a €250 million ($285 million) fund targeting renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Southeast Asia.

  • Asset owners and investors call for more Mexican green bonds

    05 June 2017

    A group of 57 leading asset owners and fund managers in Mexico have called on the government to take action to develop the local green bond market.

  • Green bond round-up, 31 May 2017

    31 May 2017

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has published disclosure requirements for green bonds.

  • Mapping the finance for Paris

    16 May 2017

    Ian Callaghan and Tessa Tennant examine who is doing what to help finance the commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

  • Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement

    08 May 2017

    Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.

  • Green bond round-up, 19 April 2017

    19 April 2017

    The Nigerian government has announced that it is delaying the launch of its inaugural sovereign green bond until after its 2017 budget is passed.

  • Investors develop guidance on meeting TCFD recommendations

    12 April 2017

    Advice on how institutional investors should disclose the impact of climate change on their portfolios has been issued by a group of asset owners and managers from Asia and Australia.