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Sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds in 2023 by 'almost 50%', Morgan Stanley finds

Investors urge Asian governments to develop policies for coal phaseout

NBIM excludes three portfolio companies for 'unacceptable' environmental risk

ETF leads €30m funding round in climate risk insurer

Sustainable bond fund assets hit $41bn record

Investor appetite for sustainable bond funds has sent the market to record highs in 2023, with expectations of more to come in 2024. Ahren Lester reports

Phasing out fossil fuels requires new transition-away products, says Natixis

Innovative financial tools and products are needed to 'transition away' from fossil fuels and exit 'brown' activities, said Natixis CIB.

Nuveen creates Scope 1 and 2 emissions database, as data providers lack 'high quality'

Scope 1 and 2 emissions data from data providers is "not of high quality", Nuveen has claimed, as the investment manager said it created a proprietary database to manually record this data for its Global Real Estate Carbon Reduction Fund.

Loan round-up: Axpo, Lion's Head, Polestar ... and more

Biodiversity funds underperform benchmarks in 2023

The growing universe of biodiversity funds generally posted positive returns in 2023, but active funds lagged their benchmarks. Genevieve Redgrave reports.

France launches impact fund standard, scoring system