The EU first social bond issues have seen an order book for two tranches with maturities of ten and twenty years exceeding 233 billion euros.
Alliance Bernstein has made two hires to its responsible investing platform.
Refinitiv has launched Country Sustainable Development Scores to measure how extensively a country meets UN SDGs.
50% of European mutual funds will be ESG by 2025 says PricewaterhouseCooper’s.
State Street Global Advisors will launch a US and a Euro ESG fixed income ETF.
Investors that integrate ESG within their strategies are twice as likely to outperform says Invesco in a new survey.
AXA Investment Managers has launched the AXA Global Strategic Bond fund, an ESG integrated fund.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched new emerging markets and European equities ESG funds.
Legal & General Investment Management will increase the number of companies covered by its Climate Impact Pledge.
Anti-corruption is the top ESG concern for institutional investors according to RBC Global Asset Management’s latest Responsible Investment Survey.