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EU's sustainability taxonomy 'should not meddle with Solvency II capital requirements'
28 August 2018Solvency II capital requirements should be used to measure and capture risks and not as a base to artificially create incentives or disincentives to investing, Europe's insurance lobbying group has said.
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RobecoSAM launches electric vehicle strategy
28 August 2018RobecoSAM has launched a new strategy designed to plug into the massive expected growth in the sales of electric vehicles (EVs).
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Bearing the standard for green bond growth
24 August 2018As the green bond market has grown, a plethora of national and regional standards has sprung up. What do they bring to the market and are they necessary, ask Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps
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World’s largest sovereign wealth fund urged not to pursue divestment
24 August 2018Divestment of the oil and gas stocks in the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) “is not an effective insurance against a permanent decline in oil prices” and the stocks only contribute marginally to Norway’s oil price risk, according to a committee set up to explore the issue.
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Green bond funds double AuM in 12 months (Full table here)
24 August 2018Total assets under management (AuM) in green bond funds has more than doubled since July 2017, to $5.34 billion, according to a survey by Environmental Finance. In the same period, the number of funds has risen by more than a third, to 38.
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EU benchmark proposals should be abandoned, says think tank
24 August 2018The European Commission’s proposed reforms to benchmark indexes are “too far from contributing to [their] objectives to be amended” and should be abandoned, according to 2° Investing Initiative.
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Finance in Motion raises $60.2m for sustainable forestry fund
23 August 2018Impact asset manager Finance in Motion has announced the first close of its Arbaro sustainable forestry fund, having raised $60.2 million.
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Aztec signs up to Vitol-backed renewables fund
23 August 2018Private equity firm Aztec Group has been chosen to administer the VLC Renewables Fund.
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Green bond round-up, 22 August 2018
22 August 2018Bank Australia has raised AUD125 million ($92 million) from its inaugural sustainability notes.
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ADIA subsidiary, APG and CalSTRS invest in $1.2bn clean energy fund
22 August 2018Capital Dynamics has announced the final close of its Clean Energy and Infrastructure VII JV LLC (CEI VII) fund, having raised $1.2 billion.