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BlueBay expands ESG fixed-income investment activities
10 February 2017Fixed-income investment manager BlueBay Asset Management has created a high-yield bond investment strategy which applies additional environmental, social and governance (ESG) exclusions.
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People Moves - HSBC, SEB, MSCI, MDF, Just Finance
10 February 2017Swedish investment bank SEB has named Marie Baumgarts a head of sustainability.
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Q&A with Anthony Requin on France's sovereign green bond
10 February 2017The Republic of France's €7 billion sovereign issue was the largest and the longest dated green bond, and was the largest syndicated Obligation Assimilable du Trésor (OAT) issued as a single tranche. The chief executive of Agence France Trésor answers some questions.
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Why Allianz is investing where the wind blows
10 February 2017Allianz's in-house alternative asset manager has closed four tax equity investments in US wind farms in only 12 months, and plans more in 2017. Head of renewables at Allianz Capital Partners David Jones talks to Asa Gibson about the firm's American wind adventure.
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Energy efficiency fund launched
10 February 2017A private equity firm is marketing a fund that will focus on mid-sized energy efficiency assets at commercial and industrial sites in Western Europe.
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LSEG calls for ESG disclosures reports alongside financial reports
09 February 2017The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has called on companies to report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the same way as traditional financial disclosures.
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Renewables reach cost parity with fossil fuels, says Lloyd's Register
09 February 2017Low-carbon technologies are often cost completive with fossil fuels and innovation in the sector is gathering pace, according to a report by Lloyd's Register.
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Green bond round-up, 8 February 2017
08 February 2017New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is gearing up to launch its third green bond, expected to raise $350 million.
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Investors target climate at AGM season
08 February 2017Investors with assets of approximately £17 billion ($21.1 billion) have called on shareholders to back resolutions requiring climate disclosure and forcing companies to deal with the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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MSCI launches ESG indexes targeting 'world's largest asset owners'
08 February 2017US-based index provider MSCI has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) index series targeted at universal investors with diversified portfolios.