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SDI Asset Owner Platform Selects Exclusive Data Provider
Stockholm (NordSIP) - The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) selected Qontigo as the exclusive distributor for SDI data following the launch of the Platform. The project was initiated in September 2019 by APG and PGGM, at the behest of their pension fund clients ABP, bpfBOUW and PFZW....
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SEK Conducts Green Private Placements
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of June, Swedbank Robur and Nordea helped the Swedish Export Credit Corporation’s (SEK) conduct two private placement taps of its green bond. This latest tap was divided into two transactions. SEK1 billion was conducted with the assistance of Swedbank Robur, while another SEK700 million...
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PRI Hosts First Nordic Forum
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Tuesday, February 4, the PRI held a Nordic Forum for the first time. This event gathered a large audience of...
Sustainability Tool Shows No Trade-Off
This article is a part of NordSIP Insights – Handbook – “Systematically Sustainable”. “Powerful, objective, scalable and trustworthy – that’s what INNORBIS stands for,”...
Where is the “G” of Japan?
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the TBLI Conference, which took place in Hong Kong on November 11 and 12, NordSIP had a chance to catch...
EU Taxonomy – Room for Improvement
Stockholm (NordSIP) – At a recent event organised by Schroders, NordSIP heard from Flemming Hedén, Senior Advisor at the Climate policy unit of Naturvårdsverket,...
Questioning the Status Quo
Stockholm (NordSIP) – On September 17, Nordea held its third annual Nordic Sustainable Finance Conference. This edition focused on opportunities and on providing practical...
Closing the Gender Gap in 200 Years isn’t Good Enough
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At a recent event hosted by Kvinnokapital, a network of women in the asset management industry, Diana van Maasdijk told the...
ETFs to Meet Increased Sustainability Demand
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Research shows that investor demand for sustainable investment (SI) and ESG strategies is growing fast. According to the Global Sustainable Investment...
Shifting Mindsets to a Sustainable Long Term
Stockholm (NordSIP) - “The long-term sustainability goals are due to be reached soon.” With these words, Anita Lindberg, Chair of Sweden’s Sustainable Investment Forum...
Sustainable Fund Launches
UBS Launches Global Corporate Bond ESG ETF
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On the heels of last year’s the successful launch of the Global Government ESG ETF, and in response to regulatory and...
Eaton Vance Launches Calvert ESG Leaders Strategies
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Eaton Vance Management announced the launch of the Calvert ESG Leaders Strategies, a new series of equity separate account strategies for...
Fidelity Launches Three New ESG ETFs
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Fidelity International has announced the launch of three new ESG ETFs focusing on sustainable equity investments across American, European and global...
New Sustainable Fund at Erik Penser Bank
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Erik Penser Bank (EPB) announced the launch of Penser Sustainable Impact, a new fund combining sustainability analysis with a quantitative investment...
Lundmark Converts European Fund into New Climate Fund
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On June 2nd, Lundmark & Co, a Swedish independent boutique manager, converted its European equity fund (Aktiv Europa) into a global...
Triodos Now Available in Sweden
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Tuesday, May 26th, Triodos Investment Management announced that the Triodos Global Equities Impact Fund, Triodos Euro Bond Impact Fund, and...
S&P Global Launches Proprietary ESG Scores
Stockholm (NordSIP) - S&P Global has launched the S&P Global ESG Scores. The proprietary system provides an annual evaluation of over 7,300 companies’ sustainability...
UBP Launches New Impact EM Fund
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has announced the launch of the UBAM - Positive Impact Emerging Equity fund. The fund will complement...
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Kåpan Chooses M&G (LUX) Global High Yield ESG Bond Fund for Seed Investment
Stockholm & London, 18 September 2019 - M&G Investments (“M&G”) today announced the M&G...
iSTOXX Global Cities of Tomorrow Select 30 Index licensed to Citi
Zug (September 24, 2019) – Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has licensed the...
Best for the World: Workers – HCP has received an international recognition from B Lab (Press Release)
(Helsinki Capital Partners) - The asset management company Helsinki Capital Partners (HCP) has been...
Laurent Jacquier-Laforge, appointed Global Head of Sustainable Investing of La Française Group (Press Release)
(La Française Group) Resolutely mobilized for the transition to a sustainable economy, La Française...
Franklin Templeton Registers 14 ETFs for Investors in Denmark, Finland and Sweden (Press Release)
Stockholm, 2 September 2019 – Franklin Templeton has registered 14 ETFs from its Franklin LibertySharesTM...
BNPP AM Hires Duet PMs to Manage Global Long-Short Sustainability-Themed Strategy (Press Release)
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Ulrik Fugmann and Edward...
Gender Equality Indicates Future Growth (Storebrand)
(Press Release, Storebrand) - How companies perform on gender equality gives an indication of...
Kommuninvest improves its ESG rating (Press Release)
Kommuninvest has improved its sustainability rating from ISS-oekom. In the latest evaluation, in March...
Aegon Asset Management strengthens its global responsible investment team with three hires (Press Release)
Aegon Asset Management has further strengthened its global responsible investment team with three hires. Both...
PIMCO ESG head retires (Investment Week)
PIMCO's head of ESG strategies and manager of the £614m Select UK Income Bond...
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Hasselgren Seeks New Adventure
Stockholm (NordSIP) - After two years and five months with Danske Bank, Ulrika Hasselgren, the bank’s Global Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment, has announced...
New Norwegian Challenge for Haagensen
Stockholm (NordSIP) - This month, international consultancy Mercer welcomed Per Haagensen (pictured) as a Business Developer for Norway. He will act as an investment...
Strömberg Joins Schroders’ Nordics Push
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As it seeks to deepen its expertise into ESG investments, Schroders continues to expand into Scandinavia, one of the leading regions...
Desiree Fixler Becomes DWS’s First Group Sustainability Officer
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As sustainable investments continue to grow in popularity, DWS has appointed Desiree Fixler (pictured) as its first Group Sustainability Officer (GSO)....
Newsletter: The Week in Green
Asset Owners, Nordic CEOs & New Scores
This week, the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform selected Qontigo as the exclusive distributor for SDI data following the launch of the Platform....
The Week in Green – January 31: Take it Easy!
In our most recent edition of NordSIP Insights, we look at the easiest way to access impact opportunities. At a recent event in Stockholm,...
The Week in Green – January 24: Eyes Wide Open
This week, we received further proof that the dime finally dropped on climate change (for most at least). For the first time since the...
A $11 Billion Meat Carbon Tax Bill?
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to a new report by the FAIRR Initiative released during London...
Will COVID-19 prove a watershed for ESG?
This article was originally published as part of Ekonamik's Corona Issue. For more macroeconomic...
Bad Data Holds Back 60% of Passive Investors
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Despite strong regulatory and investor demand for more environmentally friendly investment...
Report Highlights Social Dangers of COVID-19
Stockholm (NordSIP) - A team of researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE)...
Sustainable Investing – A Look Into the Institutional Investor Mindset (MFS)
To create value responsibly for investors, MFS must understand the unique challenges institutional investors...
NBIM Highlights Shareholder Voting Challenges
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the asset manager responsible for the...
ESG Dominates 2019 Index Growth
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to a study of the global index industry by Burton-Taylor...
ESG implications of the COVID-19 pandemic (BMO GAM)
The global coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis. The human, economic and financial...
Wanted: Visionary Leaders and a Green Marshall Plan
by Matthew Smith, Head of Sustainable Investments, Storebrand Asset Management Over the last couple of...
From the latest Events
PRI Hosts First Nordic Forum
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Tuesday, February 4, the PRI held a Nordic Forum for the first time. This event gathered a large audience of...
Sustainability Tool Shows No Trade-Off
This article is a part of NordSIP Insights – Handbook – “Systematically Sustainable”. “Powerful, objective, scalable and trustworthy – that’s what INNORBIS stands for,”...
Where is the “G” of Japan?
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the TBLI Conference, which took place in Hong Kong on November 11 and 12, NordSIP had a chance to catch...
EU Taxonomy – Room for Improvement
Stockholm (NordSIP) – At a recent event organised by Schroders, NordSIP heard from Flemming Hedén, Senior Advisor at the Climate policy unit of Naturvårdsverket,...
Questioning the Status Quo
Stockholm (NordSIP) – On September 17, Nordea held its third annual Nordic Sustainable Finance Conference. This edition focused on opportunities and on providing practical...
