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Malaysia regulator asks managers to create responsible investing frameworks
13 July 2022Malaysia's Securities Commission (SC) has published requirements for fund management companies (FMCs) to create ESG risk management frameworks.
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Risk of a rush to green assets necessitates policy clarity, says BoE official
13 July 2022The risks to financial stability posed by a disorderly transition will rely on companies and investors having a clear view of the future, a senior Bank of England official said.
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EU becomes largest sustainable bond issuer
13 July 2022The EU has become the largest sustainable bond issuer in the world, with total issuance by the bloc surpassing €119 billion ($141 billion) in less than two years.
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Foresight acquires Australian renewables infrastructure firm
12 July 2022Foresight Group has acquired Australia-based asset manager Infrastructure Capital Group for £79.6 million ($94.4 million).
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Insurers need more "non-standard" data on climate change, BoE warns
12 July 2022Insurers will need "a lot of non-standard information" about their supply chains and customers to assess how climate change could hit their businesses...
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Low-support ESG shareholder resolutions jump as proposals rise
12 July 2022The proportion of US environmental and social shareholder resolutions which achieved only low-level investor support has surged in 2022.
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Pension funds have 'unique' relationship with deforestation
12 July 2022A guide on how pension funds can tackle deforestation, inspired by their association with asset managers, has been launched by Global Canopy, Make My Money Matter and SYSTEMIQ.
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ESG ratings 'struggling' to meet EU taxonomy social safeguards
12 July 2022New criteria for assessing non-compliance with minimum social safeguards in the EU's taxonomy regulation has been proposed, with ESG rating agencies having been identified as struggling to make the assessments.
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Microfinance 'causes some hardship but is positive overall'
12 July 2022Although "microfinance is making some lives worse...the overall picture is positive", and most customers' lives have improved, a think-tank argued.
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Policy action likely to lead to losses on crypto-assets, ECB paper warns
12 July 2022The eventual pricing-in of the negative environmental externalities of cryptocurrency assets appears likely to lead to losses on crypto-asset exposures, a research paper published by the European Central Bank warns.
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