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  • LGIM praises Enel's SDG-linked bond

    08 January 2020

    Legal & General Investment Management has weighed in to the debate on Enel's controversial 'Sustainable Development Goals-linked bonds', arguing that they are "better" than green-labelled issues.

  • Investors urge Barclays to phase out fossil fuel financing activities

    08 January 2020

    A group of 11 institutional investors has filed a shareholder resolution to Barclays, calling on the London-listed bank to phase out its financing for fossil fuel firms.

  • £40bn pension pool joins Just Transition collaborative engagement

    27 December 2019

    Engagement on the social impacts of the transition to a low-carbon economy has been identified as a "rapidly-moving" area of focus by the £40 billion ($52 billion) Northern pool of UK pension schemes.

  • Netherlands to reopen sovereign green bond from January

    17 December 2019

    The Netherlands is to reopen its inaugural green bond, according to a report from the Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA)

  • Heathrow Airport, Pension Protection Fund, DEFRA, Danone, Swedfund, UN PRI confirmed to speak at Green Equities + Natural Capital Investment conferences

    05 November 2019

    Key investment industry participants will gather in London on 25 November for Environmental Finance's Green Equities and Natural Capital conferences.

  • CBI says 2019 saw largest green bond spread compression

    16 October 2019

    The first half of 2019 saw the largest average spread compression and oversubscription of green bonds for two-and-a-half years, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers

    07 October 2019

    US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.

  • LGIM Real Assets invests £57m in UK solar projects

    02 September 2019

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Real Assets has invested £57.5 million ($69.9 million) in long-term debt financing to support Hermes Infrastructure in its recapitalisation of two portfolios of solar photovoltaic assets in England and Wales.

  • Bonds round-up: New York MTA, SNCF, Tideway, CalSTRS, Kenya, Colombia ... and more

    21 August 2019

    New York MTA returns with 11th green bond, SNCF Reseau goes long with 100-year green bond and more

  • LGIM launches water ETF

    04 July 2019

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched a water-themed exchange-traded fund (ETF), as it seeks to tap investor demand for thematic funds and low-cost investments.