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Insight Investment hires ESG portfolio manager

SLBs without 1.5֯ C targets 'don't hold water'

Investors and underwriters disagree about what makes a good sustainability-linked bond, writes Madeleine Jenkins

Second UK green bond secures largest sovereign oversubscription

The UK has issued the sovereign green bond with the longest tenor after it raised £6 billion ($8.3 billion) from its second issue, with the transaction more than 12-times oversubscribed by investors.

ETFs managing $72bn address SDGs, says UNCTAD

More than 200 ESG-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with about $72 billion in combined assets, in some way address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Record impact bond issuance is asset owner opportunity, says Insight

Last year's record issuance of impact bonds is set to be repeated in 2021, presenting 'great opportunity' to incorporate positive impact objectives into asset owners' mandates, according to Insight Investment.

Green Bond Standard 'may lead to fewer issuances'

The introduction of the EU's Green Bond Standard may have the unintended effect of actually reducing the rate of corporate issuances, a panel discussion at Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference heard.

Investors back Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing

A Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing has been published with support from a group of UK-based investors including M&G, Insight and Legal & General.

Central banks overlooking ESG factors in Covid-19 response, say academics

There is limited evidence that central banks are taking sustainability goals into account in their response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, reported a group of researchers who also suggested ways the banks could adjust current instruments to help meets these goals.

ESG reporting key to ride 'wave' of social housing investment

M&G and Insight Investment are among organisations that have drawn up draft criteria for social housing sustainability reporting, as they suggest "we are at the early stages of what may be a wave of equity investment in affordable housing".

Skills shortage ‘roadblock’ in way of sustainable agriculture

A skills shortage in the agriculture industry is acting as a roadblock to achieving the massive sustainable investment potential of the sector, says Insight Investment.