Nick Roumpis

Articles by Nick Roumpis

  • Companies report on SDGs but do not set specific targets, KPMG says

    02 March 2018

    More companies are reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but very few of them have set specific business performance targets related to them, a study by KPMG has found.

  • New player in ESG credit rating set to enter the market

    02 March 2018

    A rating agency claiming to be the first of its kind to systematically integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors will be launched next week, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • BBVA pledges €100bn of green finance, including sustainability bonds

    01 March 2018

    BBVA has pledged to mobilise €100 billion ($121.7 billion) in green finance by 2025, in a move that would also see the Spanish bank issue its own sustainability bonds.

  • UBP expands ESG range with new fixed income fund

    01 March 2018

    Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) has launched a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy focused on emerging market investment-grade corporate issuers.

  • Green bond round-up, 28 February 2018

    28 February 2018

    Growthpoint Properties is set to become the first South African corporate green bond issuer.

  • Demand for ESG-linked loans grows but "more clarity needed"

    28 February 2018

    More deals linking credit facilities with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are slated following Danone's and Mapfre's pacts last week, but critics demand more clarity.

  • Lombard Odier set to launch new fund with sustainability focus

    27 February 2018

    Lombard Odier Investment Managers is launching a global equity long-short investment strategy with a sustainability focus, to complement its existing impact investment offerings.

  • Investors take more active ESG approach, Natixis survey finds

    27 February 2018

    New attitudes towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing are emerging, as investors believe it will become "standard practice" soon, a survey has found.

  • Belgium joins sovereign green bond club with €4.5bn issue

    26 February 2018

    Belgium has raised €4.5 billion ($5.53 billion) through its inaugural sovereign green bond issue, which priced today.

  • Nedgroup considers green bond investments as part of ESG effort

    26 February 2018

    South Africa's Nedgroup Investments is considering investing in green bonds, as part of its effort to make environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors a core part of its offering.