Peter Cripps

Hong Kong proposes mandatory climate disclosure for funds

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has proposed that managers of collective investment schemes should be required to disclose how they manage climate risks.

Who will we trust in 2021?

No matter who wins the US election, it won't be the federal government, says John Streur

Pimco launches climate bond fund

Fixed income investment giant Pimco has launched a Climate Bond Fund that will invest in labelled and unlabelled green bonds.

Call for 'nature performance bonds'

A new type of labelled bond has been created to help tackle the growing sovereign debt crisis while protecting sensitive ecosystems and biodiversity.

Mexican coral reef insurance attracts new underwriters

The first ever parametric insurance product to cover a coral reef has been renewed, but with different insurers taking the risk.

Green bond comment: August 2020: Have sustainability-linked bonds killed transition bonds?

The big news at the annual general meeting of the Green Bond Principles was the formation of the Sustainability-linked Bond Principles (SLBPs).

Integrating inequalities: a new challenge for institutional investors

Investors must start to consider their role in tackling inequality, argues Jean-Jacques Barbéris

Despite Covid, climate change is the defining issue of our time, says BoE

Climate change remains "the defining issue of our time", despite the economic damage being wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, the Bank of England has warned.

People Moves 12 June; SEB, Green Bond Principles, Pollination Capital, Bank of America, LSEG, UN Biodiversity Convention, Finance for Tomorrow, Eversheds Sutherland

Green bond comment, June 2020: What use is use of proceeds?

Ahead of the Green Bond Principles AGM, Peter Cripps asks whether the 'use of proceeds' format is under threat