07/28/2020
Advised clients more likely to buy ESG
“It is particularly interesting to see the growing appetite among advised female investors, who historically have been less engaged or interested than men.”
Planet SOS
07/27/2020
Green bond issuance could set record high above $200bn this year – AXA Investment Managers
So far this year there has been just over $80bn of green bonds issued by businesses, much of which is being used to fund the transition to a low carbon environment.
07/24/2020
European Commission adopts climate benchmark rules
Climate benchmarks will address the risk of ‘greenwashing’ and contribute to an increased level of transparency and comparability
07/20/2020
Monumental times for sustainable finance
Tim Hames, former Director-General of the BVCA, gives his take on Guernsey’s Sustainable Finance Week.
07/20/2020
The Green Recovery: a unique opportunity to generate sustainable returns
A growing number of companies are also moving in the same direction, including Microsoft, BP and Shell, who have announced new targets aligned with the Paris Agreement. Notably, this comes as Shell and BP announced multi-billion-dollar “stranded ass
07/20/2020
Climate-aligned investing - Rathbone Brothers
Climate change continues to be a core issue for Greenbank. COP261 will be hosted in the UK in 2021 and is set to be a landmark gathering. It will provide the first opportunity for countries' nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to be reviewed a
07/16/2020
BNP Paribas taps into ESG surge with new global sustainability-focused hedge fund launch
Short positions are used both to hedge long positions as well as an alpha source in the portfolio, and which have a positive impact by increasing the cost of capital for companies failing to address environmental challenges.
07/16/2020
How the EU can lead the way to sustainable recovery, beyond COVID-19
Policymakers and economic stakeholders have the opportunity to reimagine Europe’s future by making the right choices now.
07/16/2020
The Externality Destroying the Planet: The Case for Carbon Pricing
Establishing a cost on pollution is critical if we are to tackle climate change. Carbon pricing is the attempt to do just that.
07/15/2020
World Federation Of Exchanges releases sixth annual sustainability survey
ESG is a core strategic mandate and principle of the WFE, and this year’s survey mapped exchange activities to the WFE’s Sustainability Principles for the second time.
07/15/2020
Northern Trust Asset Management Offers Pioneering ESG Fixed Income Strategies
These strategies are designed to provide investors their desired yield exposure while improving their ESG score within a risk-controlled framework.
07/10/2020
Lyxor ETF consolidates its leadership in the green bonds segment with more than EUR 300 million in assets under management
These investments do not follow short-term tactical allocation patterns
07/10/2020
Investing in the fight against climate change
In 2019, the majority of the projects supported were in relation to infrastructure.
07/10/2020
Island’s insurance sector aims to make its ESG commitment official
Guernsey’s insurance industry recognises its place in the ILS value chain.
07/10/2020
Forward Thinking on Sustainability
The reality is that sustainable finance has been recognised as a strategic priority for some time now – even before coronavirus became household terminology, ESG, impact investing and sustainable finance was on a clear upward trajectory.
07/09/2020
Make like Rishi and go green with your investments - Hargreaves Lansdown
The Climate Change Committees open letter to the Government on how to build a resilient recovery from COVID-19 can be found here
07/09/2020
Impact investor Fortunis Capital secures World Bank seal of approval
The operating principles for impact management were launched by the World Bank and sister organisation International Finance Corporation in Washington.
07/09/2020
Can a ust like BlackRock World Mining really do ESG?
While Hambro also touted the miner’s unexpected resilience during the coronavirus pandemic and growing income potential
07/09/2020
Why ESG investing makes fund managers more money
By actually knowing their supply chains, do-gooding companies have made better returns
07/08/2020
Is the UK financial advice sector ready for ESG demand?
Strategy will ‘have a much more significant role to play’ in post-coronavirus retail investments