Sustainable funds outperforming peers, new data shows
Analysis from Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing shows performance bolstered by equity returns
Europe
BlackRock’s Muijsson on adding impact to OCIO mandates
In a bid to meet growing asset owner appetite for customisation, BlackRock plans to offer its OCIO clients greater access to impact managers. Cherry Muijsson, a CIO for BlackRock’s EMEA pensions team, explains why
European banks’ green bond issuance ‘skewed away from clean energy investments’
European lenders are ‘failing to unleash the potential’ of green bonds, with lending heavily concentrated on building improvements, despite evidence that clean energy delivers a higher impact on emissions avoidance
Danish tailwinds are powering Ukraine’s wartime wind farms
Danish sovereign wealth fund EIFO and turbine supplier Vestas are bolstering a wind energy rollout in Ukraine
‘No trade-off’: ESG income funds delivered both ESG and income
Morningstar research shows ESG strategies did not carry a yield discount relative to conventional peers
European investors are counting the cost of extreme heat
With large parts of the continent facing a period of extreme drought, investors are rethinking how to prepare their portfolios for extreme weather
Allianz, Zurich and KfW and FinDev Canada back new blended finance firm
Allianz, Zurich are among the major investors backing a new blended finance investment firm that aims to mobilise private capital to fund sustainable development in emerging markets and developing economies
EU gives heavy industry more time under ETS overhaul whilst doubling down on electrification
The EU has announced a significant overhaul of its emissions trading system, giving heavy emitters more time to decarbonise whilst simultaneously ramping up its ambitions for electrification
Sampension cuts US exposure in fossil fuel investment revamp
The pension fund will retain investments in seven European companies including BP, Equinor and Shell
APG partners with Zurich pension fund for renewables co-investment
The two have jointly acquired a 38% stake in French renewable energy operator Kallista