Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018

    13 June 2018

    DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.

  • Macquarie completes £500m Green Loan Principle-aligned issue

    13 June 2018

    Macquarie has become the first financial institution to issue in line with regional Green Loan Principles (GLPs), it claimed, following its issue of £500 million ($666 million) in green notes.

  • CPPIB plans first pension fund green bond

    12 June 2018

    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) plans to issue a green bond, making it the first pension fund to do so, it claimed.

  • EU sustainability taxonomy could hinder market, says thinktank

    11 June 2018

    The European Commission’s proposed taxonomy for sustainability could hinder growth of investments in the area, according to the founder of a Europe-based thinktank.

  • MAS and IFC sign deal to grow green bond market in Asia

    07 June 2018

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and IFC have agreed a collaboration to grow the green bond market in Asia.

  • Make climate risk reporting mandatory by 2022, says UK parliamentary committee

    04 June 2018

    Asset owners and large companies based in the UK should be forced to report their exposure to climate-related risk within four years, the country's government has been told.

  • $4trn green economy same size as fossil fuel sector, says FTSE Russell

    01 June 2018

    The ‘green economy’ represents an investment opportunity of $4 trillion, which is about the same size as that of the fossil fuel sector, according to research by FTSE Russell.

  • GPIF to triple ESG index allocation to $30bn

    30 May 2018

    The world’s largest pension fund plans to triple its allocation to three environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes, according to the company’s chief investment officer.

  • PRI to put 185 responsible investment laggards on watchlist

    29 May 2018

    The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to place 185 of its signatories on a watchlist for failing to meet a new set of minimum standards, amid pressure to expel responsible investment (RI) laggards.

  • Climate and SDGs to be focus of French pension fund's new SRI strategy

    28 May 2018

    Climate change is “the biggest risk” to the €36.4 billion ($44 billion) FRR pension fund in coming years, Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr, chief investment officer of the pension fund, tells Michael Hurley.