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People Moves 10 February: BlackRock, CCLA, Snowball and more...

CBI: Green bond issuance to bounce back with 'stellar' 2023

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has predicted a "stellar" year for green bond issuance in 2023 after more than a decade of annual growth was halted in 2022,...

Financial industry 'lacks expertise' to understand nature scenarios

Investors to 'look beyond' Article 8 or 9 designation to judge sustainability, says Morningstar

As the usefulness of EU classifications of what is 'sustainable' is questioned and funds continue to be downgraded, Morningstar said investors will increasingly 'look beyond' these labels and instead study underlying holdings more closely.

Climate action a 'race not a competition', says impact investor

Investors and policymakers need to start viewing climate action as a 'race' to be among the first and biggest beneficiaries of the energy transition, rather than treating the shift as a direct winner-takes-all competition, impact investor Palladium has said.

People Moves 13th January: PRI, Standard Chartered, Bridges Fund Management and more...

ESG: complex in a vague sort of way

Amid widespread confusion about ESG and impact, Mike Sebastian offers his thoughts on what asset owners can realistically achieve with their investments

Investors 'could be forced to sell impact funds in 2023, creating buyer's market'

Stakes in impact funds will come up for sale this year as pension funds and other asset owners are forced to sell early, following the market ructions of the past year,...

Air France-KLM raises €1bn from landmark sustainability-linked bond

Air France-KLM has raised €1 billion ($1.1 billion) from its debut sustainability-linked bond (SLB), believed to be the first Euro-denominated bond of this type in the public market from an airline.

Allianz France and L'Auxiliaire invest in industrial fund

Focused on financing sustainable industrial companies in the Lyon and Saint-Etienne metropolitan areas