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GreenBiz: Since the launch of the first green bond (labeled a "Climate Awareness Bond") on July 4, 2007, by the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank, green bonds have seen many breakthroughs, but challenges remain.
Bloomberg: Sustainable bonds are a “defensive opportunity” that credit investors should favor over non-green, investment-grade corporate notes, said UBS Global Wealth’s head of credit, Thomas Wacker.
IPE: Swedish national pension fund AP7 has joined large pension funds from the US and elsewhere in founding a new sustainability initiative to raise awareness about the harm companies can do to water supplies around the world.
IPE: The sustainable debt market broke several records last year, reaching $1.17trn (€1.03trn) by the end of December, according to BloombergNEF. Issuance during 2019 was $465bn globally, up 78% on the previous year. It was the highest volume ever recorded.
Top 1000 Funds: Chief investment officer of the world’s largest pension fund the $1.5 trillion GPIF, Hiro Mizuno, says large institutional investors must stay calm and maintain their long term investment course.
Bloomberg: The drive toward sustainable investing has shifted in response to the coronavirus, which has spread to 170 countries. ESG investors haven’t quit caring about limiting fossil fuels, cultivating diverse workforces and reducing the use of plastics, and they’ve always taken an interest in worker welfare.
Financial Post: For European governments battling to brace economies pummelled by the coronavirus, there might be no better time to go green. Normally thrifty countries, such as Germany, accept they will have to spend heavily to weather the economic shock of the coronavirus. Many also face the challenge of plowing billions of euros into climate schemes to keep carbon reduction pledges.
Markets Media: Total assets invested in environmental, social, and governance exchange-trade funds listed globally reached a record at the end of last month.
Financial Times: Banks, insurers and asset managers face a growing threat from climate change, as the physical effects of global warming and the transition to a low-carbon economy pose unprecedented risks to the status quo. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]
Opalesque: More than one-third of global alternatives investors have refrained from investing in a fund because it had an inadequate ESG policy; 26% said this occurs "sometimes" and 9% said it happens "frequently."
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