November 2018
News Seychelles launches World’s First Sovereign Blue Bond
The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first sovereign blue bond—a pioneering financial instrument designed to support sustainable marine and fisheries projects.
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October 2018
People Moves BNP Paribas Asset Management expands its ESG commitment through appointment of Head of Stewardship for the Americas
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Adam Kanzer as Head of Stewardship, Americas, within its Sustainability Centre. Based in New York, Adam joined on 19 October and reports to Helena Viñes Fiestas, BNPP AM’s Global Head of Sustainability (...)
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October 2018
Innovation GSAM Launches Emerging Market Equity ESG Portfolio
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“GSAM”) has announced the launch of the Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets Equity ESG Portfolio (the “Portfolio”). The Portfolio seeks to provide investors exposure to emerging market companies which GSAM believes demonstrate strong environmental, (...)
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October 2018
News Nomura Leads First Green Bond Offering by Airline
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it has priced a ten-year Green Bond issue valued at 10 billion yen for ANA Holdings (ANA). Nomura acted as bookrunner and green bond structuring agent for the offering, (...)
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September 2018
Innovation Euronext in partnership with Goldman Sachs will launch a green index
The Euronext CDP Environment France EW index will be exclusively licensed to Goldman Sachs, who will use the index as the underlying for structured products for sale in the interbank market in France.
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September 2018
Pedagogy After Green bonds, Water bonds
As part of World Water Week, which took place from 26 to 31 August 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, the World Bank announced the launch of a series of bond issuances to raise awareness on water for the world of finance.
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September 2018
News Nomura Leads First Green Bond Offering in Japanese Manufacturing Industry
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., announced that it has priced a three-year Green Bond issue valued at 5 billion yen for Hitachi Zosen Corporation. Nomura acted as bookrunner for the offering, which was the first such offering (...)
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July 2018
People Moves BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints Jane Ambachtsheer as Global Head of Sustainability
BNP Paribas Asset Management announces the appointment of Jane Ambachtsheer as Global Head of Sustainability. Jane will report to Frédéric Janbon, CEO and Head of Investments of BNP Paribas Asset Management. She will join on 27 August and will be based in (...)
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June 2018
News Luxcara brings Norway one step closer to its climate goals: Opening celebration of Egersund wind farm
Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable-energy investments, has officially opened a wind farm comprising 33 turbines in Egersund, Norway. The facility, which was completed in only 15 months, has a total capacity of 111.2 (...)
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May 2018
People Moves Amundi announces the appointment of Stanislas Pottier as Chief Responsible Investment Officer.
Stanislas is now Chief Responsible Investment Officer at Amundi. Previously he was Global Head for Sustainable Development at Crédit Agricole SA since September 2011 and a member of the Group’s Management Committee since (...)
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May 2018
News State Street Global Advisors Integrates ESG as Factor in its Global Core Factors Fund
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, announced today that it has integrated environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria as an additional factor in its Multi-Factor Global Equity (...)
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March 2018
Opinion Scope welcomes European Commission’s Action Plan on sustainable finance
The European Commission’s sustainable finance plan is a step forward, in the view of Scope Public Finance. This contribution outlines Scope’s views on the distinct nature of ESG and sovereign risk, their areas of overlap, and next research (...)
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March 2018
Strategy Lombard Odier Investment Managers backs Alternatives Strategy with Sustainability Focus
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (‘Lombard Odier IM’) announces the appointment of Arnaud Langlois to launch a global equity long/short investment strategy with a sustainability focus.
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January 2018
Regulation Investors should join forces to demand better sell-side research
A new survey draws attention to widespread flaws in sell-side research. But the advent of MiFID II may provide an opportunity for investors to push for change, write Steve Waygood and Anita Skipper.
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December 2017
News CalPERS’ Real Assets Program to Purchase Stake in Wind Farms
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an 80 percent cash equity interest in Rocky Caney Holdings LLC, which owns two wind farms, the Caney River facility in Elk County, Kansas, and the Rocky Ridge (...)
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