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Moody's expects green and social covered bonds growth to continue in 2020
06 December 2019New issues of European green and social covered bonds are expected to see further growth in 2020, amid rising demand for the asset class, Moody's said in a report this week.
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Climate risk could be added to capital requirements in near future, warns Eiopa head
06 December 2019Forward-looking assessments of climate risk could be factored into capital requirements for insurers, the chair of European regulator has said - but only after modelling improves.
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Zurich's green bond portfolio hits $3.5bn
06 December 2019Zurich Insurance's portfolio of green, social and sustainability bonds has reached $3.5 billion, Danielle Brassel, a responsible investment analyst with the firm, told the Insurance and Climate Risk conference.
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Video: GSS Bond Principles enable investors to engage with issuers - PineBridge Investments' Alessia Falsarone
06 December 2019"The GSS Bond Principles have established a framework through which issuers themselves are actually engaging more and seeking engagement of investors," said PineBridge Investments' Alessia Falsarone.
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Sustainability: to regulate or not to regulate?
05 December 2019Financial regulation has a role to play in tackling climate change, but it cannot be a silver bullet. So the time has come for policymakers to step up their game, delegates at the Insurance and Climate Risk conference heard. Vincent Huck reports
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Axa's top 100 corporate holdings don't make the cut in a 1.5°C portfolio
05 December 2019Head of climate & environment tells delegates at Insurance and Climate Risk conference
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Generation IM plots AI path around ESG data limitations
05 December 2019Digital technologies have opened up many new possibilities for collecting and processing data that should spark a ‘revolution’ and make environmental, social and governance (ESG) data more accurate, Generation Investment Management has claimed.
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Science-Based Targets initiative sees uptake double
05 December 2019The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has seen uptake from corporates double over the past year-and-a-half.
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Allianz exec refutes suggestion exiting coal is a 'PR stunt'
05 December 2019Allianz's head of regulatory strategy argues divestment is good risk management
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Impax sees rising demand boost assets and profitability "significantly"
04 December 2019Impax Asset Management hiked its full year dividend by a third after a "significant" jump in its assets under management (AUM).