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Aquila Capital aims to raise €300m for latest renewables fund
15 May 2019German asset manager Aquila Capital plans to raise €300 million ($336 million) from a London Stock Exchange listing of a new renewables fund.
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Robeco applies SDGs to credit portfolios
15 May 2019Dutch asset manager Robeco has developed a screening process to measure bond and credit portfolios against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Taxonomy of unsustainable activities ‘only way’ to meet EU climate goals
15 May 2019Expanding the EU’s proposed sustainability taxonomy to also define unsustainable activities is “the only way” to ensure Europe meets its goal to be climate neutral by 2050, according to environmental thinktank E3G.
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Barclays' Rhian-Mari Thomas to lead UK Green Finance Institute
15 May 2019Rhian-Mari Thomas, global head of green banking at Barclays and chair of the bank's Green Banking Council, has been selected to be the first CEO of the UK's planned Green Finance Institute.
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AllianceBernstein unveils low-carbon investment concept
14 May 2019Asset manager AllianceBernstein has introduced a new green investment concept, Green Alpha.
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Talanx's new coal policy 'does not rule out insuring new coal plants', warns NGO
14 May 2019Talanx would not be prevented from underwriting new coal plants in Poland and Vietnam under its recently announced policy on the fossil fuel, an NGO has claimed.
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Goldman Sachs to offer derivatives based on Stoxx ESG indexes
14 May 2019Stoxx Ltd, a subsidiary of Deutsche Boerse, has licensed three of its European indexes with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus to Goldman Sachs, which will use them to create a series of leveraged financial products.
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US manager launches energy transition and water scarcity fund
14 May 2019US asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-oriented fixed income fund that focuses on companies' responses to water scarcity and the transition to low-carbon energy sources.
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Prospect of German sovereign green bond welcomed by KfW
14 May 2019The potential issuance of a sovereign green bond by Germany has been welcomed by one of the market’s leading lights.
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EU carbon market update, 13 May 2019
13 May 2019In last week's update we said that there were few fundamental reasons for EUAs to test the year's highs, but nonetheless they gave it a good try!