Oversubscribed, CDFI Bond Demand Affirms Interest in Socially Responsible Outcome at Competitive Market Rate

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Amundi, a leading European Asset Manager, today agreed to create the largest green-bond fund dedicated to emerging markets—a $2 billion initiative that aims to deepen local capital markets and expand financing for climate investments.

BlackRock has launched a Green Bond Index Fund, responding to the growing demand from investors for this fast-growing part of the fixed income market. BlackRock is one of the leading asset managers in the Green Bond market, with extensive experience of managing Green Bond mandates...

The exclusions follow Norges Bank Investment Management's third round of analysis of companies that may be affected by this criterion. The exclusions comprise all companies' unlisted subsidiaries that issue bonds. The exception is green bonds, or subsidiaries that are deemed to have significant renewable energy activity.

ERI Scientific Beta has announced an expansion of the Scientific Beta platform's analytics capabilities, available with immediate effect from February 2017. Notably, within the context of ERI Scientific Beta's environmental initiatives, the carbon metrics, have been extended to all indices built...