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  • More energy efficient properties 'cut risk of mortgage default'

    02 September 2020

    The risk of default for mortgages on the most energy efficient properties is lower than less efficient properties, according to a report by the Energy Efficiency Data Protocol and Portal (EeDaPP).

  • EU carbon market update: 1 September 2020

    02 September 2020

    EU Allowances are expected to fall back this week as last week's rally was not based on any particular change in the market's fundamental drivers, says Tom Lord*.

  • Green bond comment: September 2020: Sustainable loans market should learn a transparency lesson from bonds

    02 September 2020

    The sustainable loan market is emulating the labelled bond market in terms of its rapid growth. But the same cannot be said of the level of information it offers, laments Ahren Lester

  • UK Insurers lagging asset managers to hit UK stewardship code deadline

    02 September 2020

    Research by EY highlights disconnect between underwriters and managers on stewardship issues

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 31 August 2020

    01 September 2020

    Allowance prices in the WCI market are expected to rise ahead of the next auction, says Nicolas Girod*.

  • Investors "need to work out what good looks like" to have racial equity impact

    01 September 2020

    Janus Henderson has said that as social issues such as racial equity rise up the agenda for impact investors, there is increasingly a need for them to "work out what good looks like" in this area.

  • Water webinar: With risk recognition rising, it's time to rethink resilience and adaptation

    01 September 2020

    Water risk is beginning to receive greater attention, but it is time to press companies to disclose as well as consider the future opportunities. Ahren Lester reports.

  • GIG and Total to develop 2.3GW of offshore wind projects in S. Korea

    01 September 2020

    Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) and French oil and gas company Total are to co-develop an initial 2.3GW portfolio of floating offshore wind projects in South Korea.

  • Insured losses from hurricane Laura could reach $9bn

    01 September 2020

    Insured losses from hurricane Laura, which devastated parts of the US Gulf Coast last week, may reach $9 billion, according to estimates from two catastrophe risk modelling firms.

  • Focusing on governance would drive greater sustainable outcomes, say insurers

    31 August 2020

    While ESG has become part of the investment lingo, its three pillars - E, S and G - do not carry the same weight depending on whether one speaks to the investment professional, the marketing people or the HR department. Vincent Huck reports