10/27/2020
London loses crown as global green finance leader
London has lost its world crown for green finance quality, slipping behind Amsterdam and Zurich after more than two years at the helm, according to the latest Z/Yen index.
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10/27/2020
Green insurance moving forward in Guernsey
The amendments would reduce the capital requirements applicable to green fixed income assets of commercial life insurers and commercial life reinsurers.
10/27/2020
MSCI Launches Climate Indexes to Help Investors Seeking to Align with 1.5°C Paris Climate Pledge
Combining expertise and insight from MSCI’s Climate Risk Center, the indexes include climate data from MSCI’s Climate Value-at-Risk (Climate VaR) tool, scope 3 emissions data, and green revenues
10/26/2020
Green insurance moving forward in Guernsey
The GFSC is also a member of the Sustainable Insurance Forum and the Guernsey International Insurance Association is a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles for Sustainable Insurance.
10/26/2020
Clean technologies can slash EU's emissions and boost economy
The latter refers to a scenario where any carbon generated is offset completely by emission cuts in other operational areas.
10/25/2020
How to profit from a world of opportunity as green firms embrace The Attenborough Effect
Asset manager Liontrust says there is growing interest in sustainable investing because of the 'Attenborough Effect'
10/22/2020
ESG is huge opportunity for European managers
Combined with a strong asset performance, this would see Europe’s share of global ESG assets amount to between 71% and 74% by 2025.
10/22/2020
World Energy Day - a 'tipping point' in the transition to Clean Energy
Everywhere we look we see governments working to reinflate their economies, with Climate Change at the heart of their stimulus programmes.
10/22/2020
Sustainable and ESG-focused funds “must be core part of portfolios now
Lowcock believes the outperformance of sustainable, ESG and ethical funds will continue from here, with many of the old-guard old economy stocks likely to struggle unless they change.
10/21/2020
Credit Suisse Advances Institutional Sustainability Initiative Through Partnership with Equilibrium
Equilibrium innovates and manages sustainability-driven businesses and the deployment of capital within the sustainable real asset and resource management spaces.
10/21/2020
EBRD and Japan to strengthen economic cooperation
This is in line with the EBRD’s Green Economy Transition approach, which has taken the Bank’s green investments to more than 40 per cent of annual investment last year and is set to exceed 50 per cent by 2025.
10/21/2020
Zug AM launches global green bond fund
The group expands sustainable range with investment-grade-focused strategy.
10/21/2020
How to make sure your ethical investments aren’t harming the planet
‘Start giving consumers the information they want,’ say financial experts
10/20/2020
European ESG assets to boom in next 5 years, PwC indicates
The survey also said European assets in European strategies are predicted to hit 41% to 57% of total mutual fund assets in Europe by 2025, up from 12.7% at the end of 2019.
10/20/2020
Investors should be wary of greenwashing when making ESG investments, say Bancroft Wealth
When you look under the bonnet, a lot of so-called ethical funds look very similar to other funds, so there is a real risk that much of the time it is simply a branding exercise.
10/19/2020
Sustainable Financial Disclosures: Key Deadlines fro Global Investment Managers
As part of the EU's "Sustainable Action Plan", a sustainable finance disclosures regulation ("SFDR") will come into effect from 10 March 2021 which will impact EU managers, global managers with affiliates in the EU or marketing fu
10/19/2020
Commentary: A note of precaution for ECB's greener monetary strategy
Climate change cannot be addressed by simply reducing economic activity, a total transformation of the existing system is necessary if we are to have any chance of keeping global average temperatures within pre-industrial levels, says an observer.
10/19/2020
Ultra High-Net Worth Families Remain Committed to ESG
Already 55% of respondents say they apply ESG or sustainable principles to their investment approach.
10/19/2020
Impact investing risks being marred by poor measurement standards
The key to impact investing, in our view, is reasonable expectations
10/19/2020
How investment managers are ramping up their own green credentials
The firm says it has opportunities to self-generate renewable energy from its land holdings in Scotland.