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Australian pension fund buys minority stake in Swiss impact firm
01 July 2019Australian pension fund Christian Super has bought a “significant” minority stake in ResponsAbility Investments, a Swiss impact asset manager.
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ESG ratings reflected in sovereign credit spreads, says Hermes
01 July 2019Countries that rate highly on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria benefit from tighter credit default swap (CDS) spreads than those with lower ESG ratings, a study has found.
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KfW green bonds price tighter in the secondary market
01 July 2019Bonds issued by German development bank KfW appear to trade at a slight premium to their vanilla counterparts, Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income conference heard.
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Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates
01 July 2019The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes
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Dai-Ichi Life invests $200m in green and sustainability bonds
01 July 2019Dai-ichi Life Insurance has invested JPY21.6 billion ($200 million) in green and sustainability bonds issued by two development banks.
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People Moves: Carmignac
28 June 2019Justin Kew has been appointed as sustainability manager at Paris-based asset manager Carmignac.
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Video: impact metrics should be more comparable
28 June 2019Impact reporting is crucial for investors as they gain access to transparent information about where their money go, how they are using them and what is the impact or their investments, according to Angela Brusas, Senior Funding Manager at Nordic Investment Bank.
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FTSE Russell to launch climate government bond index
28 June 2019FTSE Russell will next month launch what it believes to be the first sovereign bond index to specifically integrate climate risk considerations, in what is set to be its first venture since buying data and analysis firm Beyond Ratings.
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ISS to launch climate scoring and voting tools
27 June 2019Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) will launch a climate scoring and a voting tool next month, which will allow investors to create customised climate voting policies.
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EU taxonomy ‘niche’ and likely to do as much harm as good, says fund manager
27 June 2019The EU’s taxonomy of sustainable climate-related economic activities “is likely to do as much harm as good”, a UK-based fund manager has said.