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Impax Asia fund 'set to benefit' from China's infrastructure drive
02 October 2018Impax Asset Management's Asia fund has shrugged off its recent underperformance of its benchmark, arguing that it is well positioned to benefit from China's increasing focus on domestic infrastructure investment as the trade war with the US ramps up.
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Pimco launches ESG version of investment grade credit fund
02 October 2018Pimco, one of the world’s leading fixed income investors, has taken another big step in its commitment to investments based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
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Climate-aligned bonds now total $1.45trn, says CBI
02 October 2018The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) estimates that the total of 'climate-aligned' bonds outstanding is now about $1.45 trillion, of which $389 billion is in the form of labelled green bonds. The remainder consists of $747 billion of bonds from 'fully aligned' issuers and $314 billion from 'strongly aligned' issuers.
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EU carbon market update, 1 October 2018
02 October 2018This week's outlook is bearish for the second week running, as auction volumes are high. However, trading has been very technical recently and speculative demand could push prices higher, says Louis Redshaw.
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BlackRock backs investment in brown issuers of green bonds
02 October 2018The world’s largest asset manager has said it considers investing in green bonds “regardless of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of the issuer”.
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Is the future worth investing for?
01 October 2018As the innovative Land Degradation Neutrality fund reaches a $100 million first close, Monique Barbut, Ambroise Fayolle, Rémy Rioux and Philippe Zaouati explain the role of sustainable land management in promoting resilience to climate disasters.
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‘Misunderstood’ EU sustainability taxonomy is not straitjacket, says EIB
01 October 2018The European Commission’s proposed taxonomy on sustainability activities should not be misconstrued as an effort to impose a straitjacket on the market, according to a director at the European Investment Bank (EIB).
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$517 billion in rated debt exposed to immediate environmental credit risk, says Moody's
01 October 2018Unregulated utilities and power companies as well as coal mining and coal terminals—which have $517 billion in rated debt—have "very high" exposure to carbon regulation resulting in "immediate" environmental credit risk, said Moody's.
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Renewables projects have highest 'carbon yield', says Affirmative
01 October 2018Renewable energy projects generate greater carbon savings than other types of projects funded by green bonds, according to recent research.
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People Moves: Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, CalPERS and E3G
28 September 2018Magnus Billing, CEO of Sweden's pension fund Alecta, has been appointed as chair of Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre's advisory board.