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AllianzGI to make 74 funds sustainable under new strategy

Around €70bn of assets will move into one of two sustainable approaches.

The road to a clearer solution: Which ESG principles should matter to fund selectors?

Myriad sustainable investing guidelines cause confusion

CaixaBank issues its first Tier 2 subordinated green bond for amount of €1 billion

The issue is expected to be rated Ba1 / BBB- / BBB- by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch.

Nordea Asset Management is tightening global warming standards

The initiative is the next step for NAM in its investment strategy for limiting global warming

Why gender has to be at the heart of the agenda for green

Women are also often more affected than men by climate change impacts as a result of persisting gender norms and discriminations, for instance finding more obstacles in their way when borrowing to finance introducing greener technologies.

Elton John urges a focus on ESG through LGBT+ lens

The report made the case that LGBT+ equality is a key part of sustainability and that businesses who are diverse and inclusive have been proven to experience financial outperformance.

Quilter Cheviot launches Positive Change investment strategy

The strategy holds several sustainable funds that will give discretionary clients exposure to companies that have more sustainable business practices

SFDR Explained: Actions for Asset Managers and Investment Advisors

With increasing consumer and investor demand for more sustainable financial products and services, sustainability in the financial services sector is fast becoming a key regulatory priority worldwide.

BIL partners with CANDRIAM for the development of its ESG services

The finance industry has a decisive role to play in chanelling investments that, as well as generating a return, will help in the pursuit of environmental and social goals.

Net Zero Festival: MSCI and Schroders to partner with inaugural Net Zero Finance Summit

A number of complimentary tickets remain available for the online event, which kicks off with keynote sessions from Hiro Mizuno, special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments at the UN, and Nigel Topping, high level climate action champi

Schroders reinforces its commitment to achieving net-zero with science-based targets

Schroders will ensure that its low-carbon transformation is closely aligned with climate science.

What Asset Managers Need to Know About Marketing ESG in 2021

Fast forward to 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to market volatility and industry-wide disruption, but one positive thing that has emerged from 2020 is a heightened focus on ESG.

Major Investor Hits Out Over ESG

Cevian is currently invested in 15 European companies and manages the equivalent of about 14.3 billion Swiss francs ($15.6 billion).

ESG – Niche to mainstream

It aims to improve disclosures on the principal adverse impacts of investment decisions and on the integration of sustainability factors within financial products, while also stamping out so-called ‘greenwashing’ of ESG funds.

Northern Trust Selected by Osmosis Investment Management to Support Fossil Fuel Free Common Contractual Fund

Asset Servicing Solutions Support Launch and Distribution Strategy for US$2 Billion Sustainable Investment Manager

Quilter Financial Planning introduces ESG integration assessments for investment proposition

The second measures ESG at a portfolio level and highlights how much the manager uses ESG as an integrated part of their investment process.

Debt engineers tackle climate change with bonds to rewild land

Activists lobbying for securities that more explicitly protect the natural world, and they are likely to get a hearing from policymakers when the UN meets in coming months

Amundi, Candriam, La Banque Postale and Robeco scoop green fund awards

Investor demand for sustainable funds accelerated sharply in 2020

UK to launch first green savings bond to boost climate credentials

Move to issue bonds to back clean energy projects comes ahead of UN summit

Handelsbanken introduces sustainability goals – net zero emissions by 2040

Handelsbanken’s goal is to achieve net zero emissions of greenhouse gases as soon as possible, and by 2040 at the latest.

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