Elena K. Johansson

Articles by Elena K. Johansson

  • Australian pension fund buys minority stake in Swiss impact firm

    01 July 2019

    Australian pension fund Christian Super has bought a “significant” minority stake in ResponsAbility Investments, a Swiss impact asset manager.

  • KfW green bonds price tighter in the secondary market

    01 July 2019

    Bonds issued by German development bank KfW appear to trade at a slight premium to their vanilla counterparts, Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income conference heard.

  • People Moves: Carmignac

    28 June 2019

    Justin Kew has been appointed as sustainability manager at Paris-based asset manager Carmignac.

  • FTSE Russell to launch climate government bond index

    28 June 2019

    FTSE Russell will next month launch what it believes to be the first sovereign bond index to specifically integrate climate risk considerations, in what is set to be its first venture since buying data and analysis firm Beyond Ratings.

  • ISS to launch climate scoring and voting tools

    27 June 2019

    Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) will launch a climate scoring and a voting tool next month, which will allow investors to create customised climate voting policies.

  • Trium Capital to launch emissions impact fund

    27 June 2019

    UK-based alternative asset manager Trium Capital plans to launch a European collective investment scheme (UCITS) "impact" fund that actively engages with companies in high-emitting sectors to reduce their carbon footprint.

  • Stewardship in passive funds will be the new normal, says survey

    25 June 2019

    Pension funds and their fund managers will drive corporate stewardship in their passive investments to the extent that it becomes the new normal, a survey has found.

  • Shipping sector lacks investments in transformative technologies to stem climate risks

    25 June 2019

    Most major shipping companies have failed to deploy transformative and innovative technologies to protect themselves against climate-related risks, according to a CDP study.

  • US Representatives join call for sovereign green bonds

    24 June 2019

    US Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) and 13 colleagues have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, matching an earlier bill in the Senate, to establish a national US green bank.

  • MSCI launches carbon transition indexes

    21 June 2019

    Data provider MSCI has launched a new series of ‘low-carbon transition’ indexes, as it extends its range of climate change-focused indexes.