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DWS launches ESG infra fund
08 July 2020Targeting infra equity with a return goal of 7% to 10%
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CNP Assurances takes further steps towards coal exit
08 July 2020French insurer will fully divest from coal by 2040
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Nordic insurers invest $90m in SDG fund
08 July 2020Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company, Kåpan Pensioners and Nordea Life & Pensions have invested a combined $90.4m in a fund launched by US impact investment firm Developing World Markets (DWM).
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EIOPA calls for non-financial information to be audited
17 June 2020The lack of reliability and comparability of the non-financial information disclosed by companies is one of the challenges to embedding sustainability considerations in investors' risk management and other processes, according to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).
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French regulator reveals climate stress scenarios
26 May 2020French regulator, Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), has published a provisional set of climate change scenarios that will be used to stress test insurers' and banks' balance sheets.
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Where is the G in ESG?
25 May 2020Michael Morosi, global equity manager at Mapfre, unwraps the concept of good governance and how his fund makes investment decisions accordingly. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Hong Kong launches green finance steering group
11 May 2020The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have established a Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group.
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Three Swedish firms invest in IFC's SEK 3bn coronavirus bond
20 March 2020Part of World Bank's $14bn financial package to help curb the pandemic
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Folksam divests from gaming companies
12 March 2020Gaming is the third sector excluded from Swedish insurer's investment universe
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Shareholders urge QBE to stop playing with fire
06 March 2020Shareholders coordinated by campaign group Market Forces and investment manager Australian Ethical have co-filed a resolution calling for QBE to align its underwriting and investment activities with keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees.