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Union Investment and DekaBank leave German SIF
05 January 2024Union Investment and DekaBank have left the German Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG), with the former saying the national sustainable investment forum and its label had become less relevant in the face of regulation.
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Union Investment: SLBs can have impact
03 April 2023The market needs to promote the strongest SLBs rather than just pile-in on the weakest in order to support the development of a potentially valuable instrument, Union Investment's Johannes Böhm tells Ahren Lester.
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German ESG supply chain law welcomed by Union Investment
11 January 2023German legislation which requires companies to assess and prevent ESG abuses in their supply chains is a "step towards increased responsibility and transparency", Union Investments has said.
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Green bonds 'lead to more granular engagement'
03 May 2022Green bonds typically lead to more granular discussions about projects than traditional bonds, a conference heard.
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Debut EU green bond expected in October
07 September 2021The EU will issue its debut green bond in October as it prepares to kick-start its massive five-year €250 billion ($297 billion) green bond programme
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Union Investment working on 'transition' scores for companies
06 May 2021The German asset manager is preparing to increase its scrutiny of companies' transition strategies, Henrik Pontzen tells Peter Cripps
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EU issues 'landmark' inaugural social bond to enormous demand
20 October 2020The EU has issued its maiden social bond to enormous investor demand, in what has been described a "landmark" issuance.
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People moves: Finance for Tomorrow, M&GPrudential, KEB Hana Bank, Union Investment Institutional
31 May 2019Philippe Zaouati, CEO of French asset manager Mirova, part of Natixis Investment Managers, has stepped down as chair of Finance for Tomorrow.
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CA100+ investors welcome BASF, RWE climate lobbying pledge
03 May 2019Pledges by chemicals giant BASF and German utility RWE to review their lobbying activities on climate change have been welcomed by a group of investors including Union Investment, the Church of England Pensions Board and Sweden’s AP7 pension fund.
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People Moves: Deka Investment, RCG, E3G and Actis
12 April 2019Deka Investment, a subsidiary of German DekaBank with €282.9 billion (€320 billion) assets under management, has appointed Ingo Speich as head of sustainability and corporate governance.