Archive

  • Time for investors to wake up to water risks, says MSCI

    22 March 2017

    Now is the time for investors to wake up to water risk, MSCI has claimed.

  • RMS moving towards climate change-adjusted rainfall modelling

    22 March 2017

    Too uncertain to consider today, but also too big to ignore

  • Asset manager devises Sustainable Development Goals tagging system

    22 March 2017

    An asset manager has developed a system to tag equities according to whether they help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017

    22 March 2017

    French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.

  • Actiam aims for 'water-neutrality'

    22 March 2017

    Dutch asset manager Actiam said it aims to make its investment portfolio 'water-neutral' by 2030.

  • Stranded assets are real threat to industry - Lloyd's

    22 March 2017

    Insurance companies have been warned again about the risk of their assets becoming 'stranded' in the transition to a low-carbon economy, this time by Lloyd's of London.

  • Nippon Life pledges to invest a further JPY200bn in ESG bonds

    21 March 2017

    Japanese insurer Nippon Life has pledged to invest a further JPY200 billion ($1.7 billion) in environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed bonds and similar products as part of a responsibility drive.

  • First green hybrid debt set to issue

    21 March 2017

    A major European green bond issuer is gearing up to issue the first green-labelled hybrid security.

  • Conquest renewables fund raises €115m

    21 March 2017

    Fund manager Conquest has raised €115 million ($124 million) for its Renewable Yield Europe fund.

  • A third of PRI signatories employ no ESG specialists

    21 March 2017

    A third of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), 33%, don't employ any members of staff specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, a study has found. A further 20% employ only one.