Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • VW doesn't qualify for new DAX 50 ESG Index

    04 March 2020

    A sustainability-focused version of the DAX index - a key benchmark for German stocks - has been launched, but automobile maker VW failed to make the cut.

  • ESG investing could grow to more than half of global AUM, says Moody's

    28 February 2020

    The value of assets managed in funds that adopt environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations is set for exponential growth, financial services giant Moody's believes.

  • Generali launches the first green ILS framework

    26 February 2020

    Italian insurer Generali has issued a framework for issuing "green" insurance-linked securities (ILS) that will allow it to invest in sustainable assets and underwriting.

  • LGIM and PIC invest a combined €342m in Spanish solar parks

    25 February 2020

    UK institutional investors Legal & General and Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) have committed a combined €342 million ($370 million) of debt to refinance 21 Spanish solar farms.

  • UBS calls for a new waste reduction bond label

    24 February 2020

    A new type of labelled bond is needed to help companies reduce waste, UBS has suggested.

  • Q&A - reflections of a green bond pioneer

    19 February 2020

    In February 2010, while CIO at Nikko Asset Management, Stuart Kinnersley* established the world's first dedicated green bond fund - the Nikko/World Bank Green Bond Fund. 10 years on, he answers questions about the subsequent developments in this space and his hopes for the coming decade.

  • Best performing funds of 2019: Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity

    18 February 2020

    Tesla has helped turbocharge the fund's returns, writes Peter Cripps

  • Sustainability-linked bonds 'could outgrow green bond market', says ICMA's Pfaff

    14 February 2020

    The nascent sustainability-linked bond market could outgrow the green bond market, according to the International Capital Market Association, which administers the Green Bond Principles.

  • UK poised to require TCFD-style reporting from pension funds

    12 February 2020

    The UK is set to become the first country to require pension funds to report in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Refinitiv 'to launch fund sustainability scores by the end of H1'

    11 February 2020

    Refinitiv aims to launch its fund sustainability scoring system by the end of the first half of this year, Environmental Finance can reveal.