Analysis

  • BMO GAM's SDG fund on the power of engagement

    22 April 2019

    Jamie Jenkins of BMO Global Asset Management (GAM) speaks to Elena K. Johansson about how its fund creates value by talking with companies about making their businesses more sustainable.

  • Land of the rising green bond

    19 April 2019

    After a year of stellar growth, what are the prospects of Japan's green bond market, asks Elena K. Johansson

  • GPIF: ESG's Hiro

    12 April 2019

    Japan's GPIF has embraced ESG integration. Elena K. Johansson looks at the evolution of its strategy

  • Q&A with AIMA's Jack Inglis

    10 April 2019

    The CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association explains how hedge funds are starting to get to grips with the topic of sustainable finance

  • Why AP4 is making the shift to a 2°C aligned portfolio

    04 April 2019

    What is the outcome of AP4's series of scenario analyses so far, asks Elena K. Johansson.

  • Green bond comment, April: A return to form

    03 April 2019

    After pausing for breath in 2018, the market for green, social and sustainability bonds surged again in the first quarter of this year.

  • Winners of Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 honoured by market

    02 April 2019

    The Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 feature several repeat winners alongside many new names, as 13 extra categories were added this year in response to the rapid growth of social and sustainability bonds.

  • Japanese insurers get to grips with ESG

    28 March 2019

    Three major Japanese insurers – Tokio Marine Group, MS&AD Insurance Group, and Nippon Life Insurance – are beginning to integrate climate risks and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their strategies, each with its own focus area. Elena K. Johansson reports.

  • Soil: the missed opportunity under investors' feet

    27 March 2019

    The health of soil has been overlooked by the financial sector but is material to returns, argues Andrew Voysey.

  • Profile: Richmond Global Compass' hedge fund

    25 March 2019

    The Compass Fund aims to tap into "the two greatest megatrends of the 21st century" - sustainable investing and AI. Peter Kellner talks to Peter Cripps