Financials
May 15, 2024
Esma guidelines on sustainability rules for European funds deemed ‘vague’
The European financial markets regulator’s replacement of the 50% threshold with ‘a commitment to invest meaningfully’ in sustainability elicits confusion
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May 14, 2024
Global investment industry ‘needs to double’ stewardship resources
The investment industry dedicates around 5 per cent of its resources to stewardship, estimates the non-profit Thinking Ahead Institute
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May 13, 2024
Smaller banks increasingly involved in fossil fuel financing, study finds
JPMorgan and other big banks continue to dominate fossil fuel financing, but an apparent new trend is the ‘stepping in’ of smaller lenders into deals...
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May 8, 2024
SFDR consultation shows sizeable appetite for transition finance category
Incorporating transition finance in the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ‘should be a top priority’, say respondents
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May 2, 2024
Investors urge HSBC to set green finance targets at AGM
An investor coalition with $892bn in assets under management wants greater transparency from HSBC
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May 2, 2024
Finance professionals have ‘increasing’ interest in sustainable finance education
The Sustainable Finance Education Charter trained more than 110,000 professionals in 2023
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May 2, 2024
In Charts: Climate change will impact medium-term investments, say institutional investors
Nearly a quarter of institutional investors surveyed by the Stanford-MSCI Sustainability Institute do not believe climate risks are reflected in asset prices
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April 25, 2024
In Charts: Capacity constraints and lack of awareness limit Chinese green municipal bond issuance
Nearly 20% of Chinese municipal bonds issued in 2021 could have been issued as certified green bonds, says Greenpeace East Asia
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April 22, 2024
In Charts: Redemptions drag global climate fund flows to lowest level in four years
Global flows into climate funds were valued at $40bn in 2023, accounting for more than half of flows into all funds
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April 11, 2024
Insurers should account for all Scope 3 emissions, says Finance Watch
Underwriting activities are commonly omitted from insurers’ recorded Scope 3 emissions, says non-profit Finance Watch
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April 10, 2024
Investors and banks urged not to provide TotalEnergies with new debt financing
Fifty-eight non-profits have signed letters sent to investors and banks with exposure to TotalEnergies
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