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  • AXA UK fund to drop 'sustainable' from its name in response to FCA's SDR

    04 October 2024

    AXA Investment Managers UK plans to change the name of its Global Sustainable Distribution fund and the investment policy, in response to the incoming UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).

  • 'Are green bonds the appropriate place for early-stage technology investment?'

    23 September 2024

    AXA Investment Managers has argued that research and development (R&D) investment into emerging green and transition technologies should not be a too large element of green bond allocation, as the bond markets are maybe not the most appropriate place for these riskier investments.

  • 'Tide has definitely shifted on nuclear' in green finance

    20 September 2024

    Attitudes towards the place of nuclear power in sustainable finance markets have "definitely shifted" in the last couple of years, an Environmental Finance event has heard - but their place in green bonds remains a "separation point" in the market.

  • Emerging sustainable technologies face continued acceptability challenges

    19 September 2024

    Emerging technologies face a host of challenges in becoming more accepted in the sustainable finance market, according to panel members at the Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference held in New York this morning.

  • AXA IM engagements increasingly focus on climate change

    29 April 2024

    More than one-third of AXA Investment Managers' engagements focused on climate change last year, according to its latest stewardship report, driven by a higher frequency of discussions by portfolio managers and credit research analysts.

  • Green bond funds swing back to black in 2023

    13 March 2024

    2023 saw the growing sustainable bond fund market make positive returns after a torrid two years, with forecasts of another strong year to come. Ahren Lester reports

  • Sustainable bond fund assets hit $41bn record

    01 March 2024

    Investor appetite for sustainable bond funds has sent the market to record highs in 2023, with expectations of more to come in 2024. Ahren Lester reports

  • AXA adds lobbying activities to 2024 voting policy

    16 February 2024
  • AXA launches carbon transition bond fund with £127m from Aon

    14 February 2024
  • People moves, 9 February: TPG Rise, AXA, Abrdn, Cbus, Pollination and ... more

    09 February 2024