Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • T. Rowe Price launches range of SRI funds

    22 April 2020

    US asset manager T. Rowe Price has launched a range of five 'socially responsible' equity funds which it says "offer investors an opportunity to align their investments with their values".

  • Reputational benefit is main incentive for green bond issuance

    22 April 2020

    The likelihood of an enhanced reputation is the most important driver behind the issuance of green bonds, according a survey of treasurers by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Covid-19 triggers payout on World Bank's pandemic bonds

    21 April 2020

    The World Bank has confirmed market expectations that the Covid-19 outbreak has triggered the pandemic catastrophe bonds issued by the bank's Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF).

  • World Bank sustainability bond raises $8bn for Covid-19 response

    21 April 2020

    The World Bank has sold an $8 billion Sustainable Development bond to help developing countries address the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Nippon Life invests in IFC social bond tackling Covid-19

    20 April 2020

    Japanese insurance company Nippon Life has bought a AUD 200 million ($126 million) social bond issued by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in a private placement.

  • EC study seeks industry input on ESG investment data

    15 April 2020

    A research study, commissioned by the European Commission, into the provision and use of sustainable investment data, ratings and research is now calling on senior staff in the asset management industry and in listed companies to share their ideas and experience. By completing a questionnaire, participants will be supporting a charitable donation to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Covid-19 bonds expose limitations of EU Green Bond Standard, says ISS-ESG

    14 April 2020

    The flurry of new bonds raising funds to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic are examples of innovative debt products that are outside the scope of the EU's proposed Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), noted ISS ESG, a specialist ratings and advisory firm.

  • Indonesia issues largest Covid-19 related bond

    09 April 2020

    Indonesia has raised $4.3 billion from a long-dated bond to help fund the country's efforts to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic.

  • BMO hails success of engagement strategy

    07 April 2020

    BMO Global Asset Management's engagement with more than 5,500 companies over the past two decades has contributed to over 3,700 "instances of change", according to CEO Kristi Mitchem.

  • The ESG data files, part nine: Biodiversity - the new frontier

    07 April 2020

    Various initiatives from the financial sector could make this a breakthrough year for biodiversity data, ahead of a hoped-for global agreement on conservation for the next decade. Graham Cooper reports