Joe Walsh

Articles by Joe Walsh

  • PiP raises £20m to refinance 30MW of solar

    20 October 2017

    UK infrastructure investor the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has raised £20 million ($26.4 million) in debt to refinance six solar farms in the country owned by its Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF).

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments launches impact fund

    20 October 2017

    Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched its first impact investment-focused fund. The fund is also its first since it was created through the merger of Standard Life Investments and Aberdeen Asset management.

  • Swedbank launches green bond framework, looks to raise €500m

    19 October 2017

    Swedbank has launched a green bond framework as it looks to raise at least €500 million ($590 million).

  • New Forests to acquire 170,000-acre US forest for pension funds

    19 October 2017

    Australian forestry investment manager New Forests has agreed to acquire a 170,000-acre timberlands estate in California from woods products company Roseburg Resources for an undisclosed value on behalf of two unnamed European and North American pension funds.

  • A development agenda

    02 October 2017

    South Africa's largest asset owner, the GEPF, owns more than 10% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange giving it immense influence over its portfolio companies to bring about environmental and transformative change. Joe Walsh reports

  • Big in Japan?

    04 September 2017

    Support from the biggest pension fund in the world is helping ESG take off in Japan, write Peter Cripps and Joe Walsh

  • RLAM shuts £35m UK ethical fund

    14 July 2017

    Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is set to close its £35 million ($45.2 million) UK Ethical Equity Fund after six years to focus on its £536 million Sustainable Leaders Fund.

  • Experts call for reform of financial regulation to promote sustainability

    14 July 2017

    Regulations governing banks, insurers and asset managers should be reformed "to facilitate green and sustainable investment", according to a group of experts appointed by the European Commission.

  • Sustainable finance experts call for European standard for green bonds

    14 July 2017

    An official European standard and label for green bonds should be developed, according to the High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance, appointed by the European Commission.

  • Aviation and Brexit threaten EU emissions target, says think tank

    12 July 2017

    Brexit and unregulated aviation emissions could cause the EU to fall short of its 2030 commitment to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions by 40% from 1990 levels, says climate change think-tank Futureproof.