Stephanie Harris

Articles by Stephanie Harris

  • QBE joins UN Global Compact

    29 September 2020

    Australia's QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has become a signatory of the UN Global Compact.

  • MetLife commits to $20bn in green investments by 2030

    28 September 2020

    MetLife Investment Management (MIM) plans to make $20 billion of green investments - mostly green buildings and renewable energy - over the next decade.

  • Focus more on adaptation, Insurance Europe says

    28 August 2020

    European re/insurers believe that even if radical measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were adopted, it would no longer be enough to mitigate climate change.

  • Axa IM launches 'ESG-integrated' emerging market Euro debt fund

    12 August 2020

    Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has launched a fund that will invest in euro-denominated emerging market bonds, while screening out companies with low environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores.

  • Dai-ich Life joins SASB's advisory group

    03 August 2020

    Dai-Ichi Life has joined the investor advisory group of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), an independent non-profit organisation that sets non-financial accounting standards.

  • Mapfre to invest in impact debt fund

    02 July 2020

    Mapfre Asset Management and Global Social Impact Investments (GSI) have launched a fund to invest in short- and medium-term private debt in emerging markets.

  • Dai-ichi Life invests in Covid-19 vaccine bond

    30 June 2020

    Japanese insurance company Dai-ichi Life has invested JPY15.8 billion ($147 million) into a vaccine bond, issued by the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm).

  • ASI launches bond fund targeting companies with good ESG management

    29 June 2020

    Fund will exclude companies with unsustainable business practices

  • L&G to invest £100m in UK affordable housing provider

    17 June 2020

    Legal & General Investment Managers Real Assets has invested £100 million ($126 million) in Bromford Housing Group, an affordable homes provider in central and south west England.

  • UK insurer PIC invests £277m in Spanish solar parks

    15 June 2020

    Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), a specialist UK insurer, has provided £277 million ($352 million) of debt funding, as sole investor, for eight solar parks in Spain.