Archive

  • Stathers steps down as Schroders' head of responsible investment

    18 February 2016

    Rick Stathers, head of responsible investment at Schroders, has stepped down after nearly 16 years at the investment firm.

  • Private equity firm closes $300m environmental offset fund

    17 February 2016

    Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP), a US private equity firm, has raised $303 million for its latest environmental offset fund, Ecosystem Investment Partners III.

  • EF BRIEFS: EIB, Luxcara, International Integrated Reporting Council

    17 February 2016

    German asset management firm Luxcara plans to launch a new European renewable energy fund before the end of the year.

  • Apple takes $1.5bn bite out of green bond market

    17 February 2016

    Corporate giant Apple has priced a benchmark-sized green bond, in a "tremendous boost" to the fledgling market's prospects for attracting corporate issuers.

  • Munifin set to issue €500m green bond in Q3

    17 February 2016

    Finnish public sector lender, Municipality Finance (Munifin), is set to issue its inaugural green bond, aiming to raise some €500 million ($557.9 million).

  • S&P explains credit factors in rating offshore wind farms

    16 February 2016

    Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has unveiled its methodology for deciding on the credit rating of offshore wind farms, ahead of an anticipated boom in such projects.

  • Dutch asset manager set to launch green bond fund

    16 February 2016

    A Dutch asset manager is set to launch a green bond fund, focusing on euro-denominated issues.

  • Relaunched Pictet Environmental Megatrends strategy beats benchmark

    15 February 2016

    Pictet Asset Management's Environmental Megatrend Selection (EMS) strategy has outperformed the MSCI World, in its first full-year since being relaunched.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 15 February 2016

    15 February 2016

    Low auction volumes and colder weather may offer support to EU carbon prices this week, says Louis Redshaw

  • 'Getting right down to the engine'

    15 February 2016

    BNP Paribas' head of CSR, Laurence Pessez, talks to Sophie Robinson-Tillett about the profound impact its latest climate strategy will have on the bank