EIF Supports €2.5 Billion Investments Across 5 Sustainable Funds
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the COP27 climate conference, the European Investment Fund (EIF), signed investments totalling €247 million to enable five equity funds to back...
Capital Dynamics Closes Clean Energy Fund Above Target
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to Morningstar, global sustainable funds expericed US$32.6 billions of inflows during the second quarter of 2022, bringing their total amount...
Fidelity Joins Fight to Preserve Biodiversity
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Preserving the planet’s biodiversity has been steadily climbing up the priority agenda of many investors in recent years. Hopefully, the movement...
Invesco Expands Targeted Energy ETF Range
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Renewable energy ETFs are not hard to get by these days, which is fortunate, given the pressing need for investment in...
Schroders Finds Partner for Investing in Nature
Stockholm (NordSIP) – According to Conservation International, we could count on nature to provide 30% of the action needed to avoid the worst effects...
NN IP Bets on Social Bonds
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Companies, governments, and government-related entities are increasingly issuing social bonds to finance projects that contribute to society with a neutral or...
Obligo’s New Climate Impact Fund Off to a Good Start
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Obligo Investment Management AS, a Nordic alternative asset manager specialising in sustainable infrastructure and real estate, continues to leverage its local presence...
BlueOrchard Aims for Financial Inclusion
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Founded in 2001 as an initiative of the UN, BlueOrchard became the first commercial manager of microfinance debt investments worldwide. Fast forward...
Varma Invests in Japanese Low-Emissions
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On 20 April, Finnish pension insurance company Varma announced a €300 million investment in Japanese companies through Nomura Asset Management's NEXT...
New Triodos Fund a Welcome Boost for Younger Generations
Stockholm (NordSIP) – The climate crisis, geo-political instability, greater inequality, and the COVID-19 pandemic have given rise to serious concerns about the future of...
Museum to Help Federated Hermes Protect Biodiversity
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Biodiversity protection is gradually becoming one of the major sustainability themes for 2022. That said, for investors eager to put their...
New Art 8 Funds Land in the Nordics
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Due to the disclosure requirements imposed on large publicly listed companies and the increasing share of those that pertain to ESG,...
Robeco Launches SDG Low-Carbon Indices
Stockholm (NordSIP) - A new sustainable index family saw the light of day on 24 February, the Robeco SDG Low-Carbon Indices. As implied by...
Aviva Looks Beyond Climate Change
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Guided by the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), asset managers seem increasingly eager to tackle a broader range of sustainability...
AXA Launches Social and Sustainable Bond Fund
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On February 15h, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) announced the launch of the AXA WF ACT Social Bonds fund that aims...
Investing in Equal Opportunities, the Storebrand Way
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Storebrand’s family of solutions-oriented thematic funds just got bigger. On 11 February, the asset manager launched a new Article 9 fund,...
Blue Investments in Focus Ahead of COP15
Stockholm (NordSIP) - An often overlooked aspect of environmental investments, the biodiversity of our planet's oceans is gaining prominence, no doubt at least in...
Jupiter Ups Fixed Income ESG Ambitions
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Asset managers seem eager to respond to the increasing demand for sustainable fixed-income products. There is a notable push to integrate...
New Sustainable Food and Water Fund Springs Up
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), while world hunger is on the rise, an estimated 1/3 of all food...
New Fund Hopes to Bridge EM Investment Gap
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to the UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2014, emerging markets require over US$2.5 trillion in additional yearly investments in financial inclusion,...