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Morningstar takes full control of Sustainalytics
21 April 2020Financial services firm Morningstar has agreed to buy the 60% of Sustainalytics that it does not already own, in a deal that values the ESG research and ratings provider at €170 million ($184 million).
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Russia's bond market is going green
21 April 2020VEB.RF is working on the first-ever national standard of green finance, including for green bonds, says Alexey Miroshnichenko
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Foresight secures investment partners for Swedish wind farm project
21 April 2020Foresight secured co-investment from a syndicate of four institutions to finance the development of an onshore windfarm in Sweden.
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Lyxor plans to double voting activity in 2020
21 April 2020Lyxor Asset Management expects to exercise its voting rights at more than 400 general meetings on no fewer than 5,000 resolutions this year, representing a doubling of its voting activity in 2019.
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S&P Dow Jones launches Paris-aligned index family
21 April 2020S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched a family of climate-focused European indexes which are consistent with the specifications of the EU technical expert group on sustainable finance (TEG) report.
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Nippon Life invests in IFC social bond tackling Covid-19
20 April 2020Japanese insurance company Nippon Life has bought a AUD 200 million ($126 million) social bond issued by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in a private placement.
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EU carbon market update: 20 April 2020
20 April 2020Compliance buying of EU Allowances largely ends this week and auction volume rises, so the price outlook is bearish, says Tom Lord *
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Incofin among impact investors to pause investments amid Covid-19
20 April 2020Emerging markets impact investor Incofin Investment Management has paused new investments as it tries to help its existing investee companies survive the coronavirus crisis.
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80% of impact market "on pause" after Covid-19, says Big Path Capital
20 April 2020Only about one fifth of investors targeting measurable positive impact alongside financial returns have continued investing in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, according to Big Path Capital.
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WCI Carbon Market Update, 20 April 2020
20 April 2020California Carbon Allowance prices are likely to remain close to their current levels in the short term, in the absence of further selling by the financial sector, says Nicolas Girod*.