Nick Roumpis

Articles by Nick Roumpis

  • The green and sustainability loan market: ready for take-off

    20 July 2018

    Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.

  • The anatomy of a taxonomy

    11 July 2018

    The European Commission has a highly ambitious target - to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps

  • CMS Energy signs first US sustainability-linked loan of $1.4bn

    08 June 2018

    CMS Energy has signed a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, claiming to have become the first US company to strike a deal of this kind.

  • AP7 awards green mandates to KBI and Impax

    08 June 2018

    Swedish national pension fund AP7 has awarded two "green mandates" to KBI Global Investors and Impax Asset Management.

  • Investors urged to engage with companies on physical climate risks

    07 June 2018

    Investors are being encouraged to engage with companies on physical climate risks, both reactively and proactively, by identifying those with the biggest exposure to extreme weather events.

  • Impact investors eye 8% growth this year, says GIIN

    06 June 2018

    Major impact investors plan to increase their capital allocation by about 8% this year, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

  • Finance for Tomorrow elects new board

    04 June 2018

    Finance for Tomorrow – an initiative to promote Paris as a centre of sustainable finance – has elected a new board to serve for two years as it begins the second phase of its development.

  • Swiss sustainable investment hits record levels

    04 June 2018

    Swiss asset managers and asset owners are increasingly integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, a report from Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) has found.

  • Greenko expands with Orange Renewables acquisition

    04 June 2018

    India's Greenko Group has expanded its Indian portfolio with the acquisition of Orange Renewables.

  • People moves: PKA, Nomura and Obvion

    01 June 2018

    PKA's head of responsible investment Pelle Pedersen has resigned after more than five years.