ESG Financial News

02.01 / 12:03

companies industry ESG Diversity Aviva Financial Amanda Blanc and Andrew Bell awarded New Year Honours for services to financial sector

Amanda Blanc (pictured) became CEO of Aviva in July 2020.

22.12 / 19:36

ESG Investment trusts ESG funds Octopus Renewables trust makes bid for Aquila European Renewables

The board of AERI noted this morning’s statement and confirmed the 'unsolicited proposals'.

22.12 / 19:35

regulation Financial Services Wealth managers ESG European Commission Asset Managers Fund managers EFAMA calls for major reforms to SFDR labelling regime

The industry group praised the transparency introduced by SFDR, but said the de facto labelling regime had 'stretched it beyond its original intentions and not always been helpful'.

20.12 / 18:41

ESG People moves Nikko AM hires ESG trio to bolster global sustainable investment team

All three hires are based in Singapore and report to global head of sustainable investment Natalia Rajewska.

19.12 / 18:48

BlackRock ESG Tennessee sues BlackRock over ESG 'misrepresentations'

The lawsuit is part of a series of attacks by Republican lawmakers against asset managers which consider sustainability objectives in their investing process.

18.12 / 15:50

regulation Financial Services Wealth managers ESG FCA Industry warns of 'tight' implementation timeline for SDR

The new labelling regime is set to become mandatory for firms from 31 December 2024, but they can begin to use them from 31 July next year.

18.12 / 15:50

ESG Investment trusts schroders REIT ESG funds Schroder REIT shareholders greenlight fresh sustainability objective

In the trust’s extraordinary general meeting last week (15 December), 82.7% of votes were cast in favour of the proposal.

14.12 / 14:44

regulation Treasury ESG regulatory Treasury's Bim Afolami: Cultural and regulatory change needed to make markets 'match fit'

Edelman Smithfield global head of financial services Andrew Wilde speaks to Bim Afolami

14.12 / 14:42

Invesco ESG People moves ESG Trends Amundi Invesco appoints sustainable and impact distribution head for EMEA

Hamid Asseffar (pictured) is Invesco's new distribution for head for sustainable and impact investing across EMEA.

14.12 / 14:41

regulation Financial Services ESG FCA ESG ratings FCA-convened industry group unveils code of conduct for ESG ratings and data providers

The code was set up to provider greater scrutiny and transparency within the ESG ratings and data products space, to provide markets with greater confidence in ESG data, especially considering the current efforts to achieve net zero.

12.12 / 15:49

Climate change carbon emissions ESG net zero COP28 COP28: Stand off over future of fossil fuels pushes Dubai Summit into overtime

COP28 President Al-Jaber at last night's plenary | Credit: UNFCCC

11.12 / 15:47

UN ESG ESG Trends COP28 COP28: Draft agreement calls for reduction in 'consumption and production of fossil fuels'

China climate envoy Xie Zhenhua heads to bilateral meeting earlier today | Credit: UNFCCC

08.12 / 10:51

Technology interview Artificial Intelligence ESG ESG Trends Allianz GI CIO Virginie Maisonneuve: We are taking AI integration as seriously as ESG

Virginie Maisonneuve (pictured), CIO of Allianz Global Investors

07.12 / 15:17

ESG ETFs Article 9 copper play HANetf launches 'pure play' Article 9 copper mining ETF

HANetf said that demand for copper is likely to outstrip supply as the clean energy transition takes hold.

07.12 / 12:45

ESG funds fixed income Article 8 Amundi Amundi unveils Asia income ESG bond fund

The fund has an investable universe of more than ten sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers and over 500 corporates across 15 countries.

07.12 / 12:45

UK bonds ESG fixed income Global ESG Trends Green bonds Green bonds issuance surpasses $2.5trn

The report also confirms GSS+ bonds from sovereign issuers were up 36% on last year, with $435bn issued in the first three quarters of 2023 by 49 different countries.

06.12 / 09:21

Europe UK US ESG FCA funds equities Equity funds gather £449m inflows after six months of net selling

The inflows follow six months of net selling for equity funds, which lost £4.5bn between May and October 2023.

05.12 / 15:31

ESG funds Article 9 Impax AM launches first Article 9 social equity strategy

CEO Ian Simm (pictured) told Investment Week about the firm’s plans to launch a social themes equity strategy earlier this year.

29.11 / 16:35

Bloomberg ESG biodiversity index Bloomberg teams up with Natural History Museum to provide access to biodiversity index

'Despite biodiversity emerging as one of the key areas for investment, the data available for investors remains inadequate,' said Patricia Torres, Bloomberg's global head of sustainable finance solutions.

29.11 / 09:38

companies ESG Impax suffers net outflows despite strong performance

The firm’s Environmental Markets strategies suffered large outflows, losing £1.7bn, largely due to redemptions from the firm’s distribution partners such as BNP Paribas Asset Management.

28.11 / 19:55

regulation Financial Services ESG FCA Asset Managers SDR FCA 'closes loopholes' with introduction of fourth label under SDR but further clarification needed

The rules provide a degree of flexibility for asset managers, which means 'firms will need to make their own judgements about labels, disclosures and data, and anticipate end-consumer outcomes – all of which come with their own challenges'.

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