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    Enel Seen Missing Key Target Linked to $11 Billion of ESG Bonds

    2023-10-20

    BNN Bloomberg: The market for sustainability-linked bonds, which is worth more than $250 billion, looks set to witness a rare trigger event as its biggest issuer appears on track to miss a key target tied to the debt.

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    UK Watchdog Says Some Funds Attempting To Mislead With ESG Label

    2023-10-19

    XM: Britain's financial watchdog said it was having to "push back" against some investment funds that misleadingly attempt to label themselves as being focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) based performance.

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    Asset Managers and Institutional Investors Stay Committed to ESG Despite Political Pressures

    2023-10-19

    Cerulli Associates: Asset managers and institutional investors generally remain focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, even as political efforts to reverse progress are underway.

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    Green Bonds Propel 2023 Global ESG Debt Market

    2023-10-18

    ESG Clarity: Green bonds are propelling the worldwide ESG debt market, according to analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence, with issuance up 8% so far in 2023 on last year.

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    Morgan Stanley Locked In Secret London Court Battle To Seize Russian Oil Firm

    2023-10-18

    City AM:The Wall Street Bank is looking to take a majority stake in Cypriot-registered Russian drilling firm, Southern Oil Company (UNK), after UNK’s parent firm, Astrakhan Oil Corporation (AOC), which is also registered in Cyprus, fell behind on payments for a $73m loan. 

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    City Watchdog Must Do More To Stamp Down On Sexual Harassment In Firms, MPs Told

    2023-10-18

    MSN: The City watchdog needs to go further to stamp out sexual harassment and misogyny in the financial industry amid a pervasive culture of fear, MPs have been told.

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    Climate Tech Investment Fell By 40%, But There's A Silver Lining

    2023-10-18

    GreenBiz: Investment in climate technologies fell dramatically 2023 as economic headwinds dented investor confidence in all sectors of the economy, the latest data from PwC has shown.

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    Asset Owners’ Net-Zero Progress

    2023-10-18

    ESG Clarity: Asset owners’ total financed greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) fell 3.5% to 213.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to the latest progress report from the UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance.

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    BlackRock CEO Fink: ‘World Needs To Get Back Its Moral Compass’

    2023-10-17

    Fox News: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said that he was "outraged" and "horrified by the images" out of Israel following Hamas’ terror attack.

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    EBA Plans ESG Overhaul in Capital Framework

    2023-10-13

    Funds Europe: The European Banking Authority (EBA) is planning to revise capital requirement frameworks to make banks include environmental and social risks in required industry-wide reserves.

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