Archive

  • Solactive and Candriam launch responsible indexes

    28 June 2017

    Index provider Solactive and asset manager Candriam have developed sustainable and responsible indexes and funds trading them.

  • Green bond round-up, 28 June 2017

    28 June 2017

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to issue its fourth green bond this year, hoping to raise $500 million, which will make it the largest municipal issuer in the world.

  • East Capital launches Sustainable Emerging Market Fund

    27 June 2017

    Swedish asset manager East Capital is set to launch a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) aligned emerging market fund.

  • The legal risks of reporting climate risks

    27 June 2017

    The Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures' recommendations were widely welcomed by the market. But are there legal risks attached to their implementation, asks Hamza Ali

  • Pension funds' response to climate risk is glacial, says Mercer

    26 June 2017

    Ahead of the much anticipated final release of a report by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a survey by consultancy firm Mercer has found that only 5% of European pension funds consider the investment risk climate change poses to their portfolios.

  • First State's stranded assets framework adapted by fixed income team

    26 June 2017

    First State Investments' High Yield Fixed Income team has adopted a stranded assets framework into its decision making processes.

  • NY Green Bank records first profit

    23 June 2017

    New York Green Bank has recorded $2.7 million net income, meaning it has hit its target of turning its first profit a year ahead of schedule.

  • US Yieldcos: escaping the parent trap

    23 June 2017

    A recent spate of M&As in the yieldco space seems to point to a new chapter in the model's evolution. Hamza Ali reports

  • EEFIG launches energy efficiency investment framework

    23 June 2017

    A framework has been launched to encourage financial institutions to embrace energy efficiency investments.

  • People Moves: CDP, Mirova, Comgest, Man Group

    23 June 2017

    Carole Ferguson has been appointed head of investor research at CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project.