European asset manager Amundi has launched the Amundi Funds – Europe ex-UK Equity fund, in response to demand from UK clients for European exposure. The strategy aims to provide an ‘all-weather’ portfolio with no style bias. It is classified as Article 8 under SFDR and holds 35-45 stocks. The fund will be managed by portfolio manager and head of large…
Take Five: Bold, Fresh, New Ideas
A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Investors – and pretty much everyone else – learned to expect the unexpected from policymakers this week. Double take – In a week in which US President Donald Trump introduced more “bold, fresh, new ideas”, a slightly older one was being edged out in Europe. According to…
Take Five: Bold, Fresh, New Ideas
A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Investors – and pretty much everyone else – learned to expect the unexpected from policymakers this week. Double take – In a week in which US President Donald Trump introduced more “bold, fresh, new ideas”, a slightly older one was being edged out in Europe. According to…
Take Five: Bold, Fresh, New Ideas
A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Investors – and pretty much everyone else – learned to expect the unexpected from policymakers this week. Double take – In a week in which US President Donald Trump introduced more “bold, fresh, new ideas”, a slightly older one was being edged out in Europe. According to…
EU Invests $439 Million in Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Projects to Decarbonize Transport
The European Commission announced that it will allocate €422 million (USD$439 million) to 39 alternative fuel infrastructure projects, aimed at supporting the transition to cleaner transport. Selected projects will focus on areas including the installation of public electric recharging stations for both heavy-duty and light-duty vehicles, the development of hydrogen refueling stations and onshore power installations in ports, in addition…
Climate Empowerment Requires Inclusive Finance
Inclusive finance can deliver climate funding to those who need it most, according to CGAP Senior Financial Sector Specialist Peter Zetterli. People around the globe are feeling the effects of climate change, but not all to the same degree. The world’s poorest are often hit hardest, from unrelenting drought in East Africa to deadly heatwaves in South Asia and severe…
Climate Empowerment Requires Inclusive Finance
Inclusive finance can deliver climate funding to those who need it most, according to CGAP Senior Financial Sector Specialist Peter Zetterli. People around the globe are feeling the effects of climate change, but not all to the same degree. The world’s poorest are often hit hardest, from unrelenting drought in East Africa to deadly heatwaves in South Asia and severe…
Climate Empowerment Requires Inclusive Finance
Inclusive finance can deliver climate funding to those who need it most, according to CGAP Senior Financial Sector Specialist Peter Zetterli. People around the globe are feeling the effects of climate change, but not all to the same degree. The world’s poorest are often hit hardest, from unrelenting drought in East Africa to deadly heatwaves in South Asia and severe…
Climate Empowerment Requires Inclusive Finance
Inclusive finance can deliver climate funding to those who need it most, according to CGAP Senior Financial Sector Specialist Peter Zetterli. People around the globe are feeling the effects of climate change, but not all to the same degree. The world’s poorest are often hit hardest, from unrelenting drought in East Africa to deadly heatwaves in South Asia and severe…
A New Discipline for the Energy Transition
A new approach to underwriting scale-up risk can help institutional investors to tap middle market opportunities, says Eduardo Monteiro, Co-CIO at Victory Hill Capital Partners. Barring the climate change sceptics, the notion that the energy transition needs more capital is arguably axiomatic. Changing weather patterns, natural disasters and rising temperatures are reported annually and clear for all to see. Meanwhile,…