Hamza Ali

Articles by Hamza Ali

  • Relaunched Pictet Environmental Megatrends strategy beats benchmark

    15 February 2016

    Pictet Asset Management's Environmental Megatrend Selection (EMS) strategy has outperformed the MSCI World, in its first full-year since being relaunched.

  • Katherine Garrett-Cox leaves Alliance Trust

    15 February 2016

    Katherine Garrett-Cox is stepping down as head of Alliance Trust's fund management arm, Alliance Trust Investments, after five months in the role.

  • Cicero ends second opinion exclusivity deal with SEB and HSBC

    12 February 2016

    The Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, (Cicero) hopes to provide second opinion for a greater number of green bond issuers, after ending its exclusivity agreement to work with the clients of SEB and HSBC.

  • Kommuninvest says planned green bond will be 'first of many'

    12 February 2016

    Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest hopes to follow its planned inaugural green bond with a second this year, as it continues to build up its green loan book.

  • $218m ABS issued under California's PACE programme

    12 February 2016

    A green asset-backed security (ABS) has been issued under California's property assessed clean energy (PACE) programme, raising $217.503 million.

  • Danish pension fund invests in its fifth wind farm

    11 February 2016

    Danish public sector pension fund PKA has purchased a 25% stake in a UK offshore wind project from Dong Energy for £330 million ($476 million).

  • AGL Energy launches A$3bn renewables fund

    10 February 2016

    Just a week after it exited the gas sector, Australia's AGL Energy announced plans to launch an A$3 billion ($2.1 billion) renewables fund, as part of its strategy to realign to a "cleaner future".

  • Indian renewables firm launches INR3bn green bond

    09 February 2016

    Hero Future Energies has commenced the sale of the first green notes under India's new green bond standards.

  • Sustainalytics names 10 companies poised to benefit from carbon-constrained world

    08 February 2016

    Sustainalytics has named 10 companies poised to benefit from a carbon-constrained world, following the landmark climate change accord in Paris last year.

  • Actiam narrowly misses €1bn green bond pledge

    08 February 2016

    Actiam has fallen 10% short of its pledge to buy €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of green bonds by the end of 2015, but believes it will hit the target in coming weeks.

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