Joe Walsh

Articles by Joe Walsh

  • PME to link 10% of assets to SDGs

    27 March 2017

    Dutch metal and engineering pension scheme Pensionfonds van de Metalektro (PME) will link 10% of its €45 billion ($48.6 billion) in assets to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next five years.

  • SDGs are becoming the language for investors when it comes to assessing impact

    24 March 2017

    The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are becoming the common language when it comes to reporting and communicating on investment impact, according to one asset manager.

  • EIB and China aim to strengthen investor confidence in green bonds

    23 March 2017

    The People's Bank of China and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have launched an initiative to strengthen investor confidence in green bonds.

  • Quaero fund drops forestry to concentrate on infrastructure

    23 March 2017

    Swiss asset manager Quaero Capital is to drop forestry, real estate and agriculture from its Real Assets Fund as it orientates the Luxembourg-listed fund to a UCITS structure focused solely on infrastructure.

  • TRIG to expand into battery storage assets with £50m share raise

    23 March 2017

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) is looking to raise £50 million ($62.4 million) through issuing new shares as it is set to help it acquire its first battery storage asset.

  • A third of PRI signatories employ no ESG specialists

    21 March 2017

    A third of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), 33%, don't employ any members of staff specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, a study has found. A further 20% employ only one.

  • JP Morgan creates sustainable investment team

    20 March 2017

    JP Morgan Asset Management has created a sustainable investment team to better incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment practices.

  • BAML's Martin Mills retires

    17 March 2017

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch's (BAML) head of the product solutions team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Martin Mills, has retired from the company, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Pension funds back Scandinavian infrastructure fund with DKK8.8bn

    16 March 2017

    Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a new energy infrastructure fund targeting renewables, with initial commitments of DKK8.8 billion ($1.3 billion).

  • California carbon market raises $3.4bn for GHG reductions

    15 March 2017

    The California carbon market auctions have raised $3.4 billion for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction programmes and projects in the state since its inception in 2013, $1.2 billion of which has been invested.