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ESG is not just for long-term investors, says Man Group
25 October 2018Man Group, a hedge fund manager with $114 billion assets under management, says that the short-term nature of its investment approach will not hinder it from being a ‘responsible investor’.
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Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals
24 October 2018Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million ($576 million), making it the first European airport to issue green-labelled notes.
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Pension funds have failed to protect themselves against climate risks, says report
23 October 2018Pension funds have largely failed to prepare themselves against climate risks, which exposes $9.8 trillion (£7.5 trillion) of their assets to economic shocks from global warming, a report said.
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Sustainability bonds' potential to help meet smart cities investment challenge
22 October 2018The sustainability bond market, including bonds linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has a key role to play in helping to fund ‘smart cities’, an HSBC report said.
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People moves: IOSCO, London Stock Exchange Group, Simmons & Simmons, UBS
19 October 2018Peter Damgaard Jensen has been appointed as co-organizer of the newly founded Global Commission on Adaptation. Damgaard Jensen also acts as CEO of Danish pension scheme PKA and chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an investor association taking action to support a low-carbon future.
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Fiduciary duty proposal of EU Action Plan could unleash sustainability shift
18 October 2018Plans to reform definitions of investors' duties are the most important part of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan, Environmental Finance’s Green Equities conference heard.
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Sustainable food tech 'hot in venture capital'
18 October 2018Sustainable food technology is a significant investment opportunity, said investors on a private equity panel of Environmental Finance’s Green Equities conference.
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People moves: Aviva, ShareAction, Calvert
12 October 2018Mark Wilson is to step down as CEO of Aviva in April 2019.
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BP CEO sparks row as he attacks scenario planning and divestment
12 October 2018BP chief executive Bob Dudley attacked scenario analysis as "increasingly unhelpful" and "confusing for investors", while also criticising the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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R&I plans to exclude coal and oil companies from its second opinion service
11 October 2018A chief analyst at Rating and Investment Information (R&I) said the company plans to exclude coal and oil companies from its second opinion provider service for green bonds.