All Standard & Poor's articles
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NewsS&P backs away from ESG ratings
Credit rating agency to go text-only on ESG in credit ratings ahead of regulation
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Chart of the Week: China bond inflows to hit $500bn as market opens up
S&P economists expect cumulative inflows to hit half a trillion dollars – but this would still only be a small percentage of the total market
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Netherlands will be a centre for financial infrastructure, regulator claims
AFM expects at least 30% of European trade in financial instruments to relocate to the Netherlands
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NewsESG roundup: Japan’s giant pension selects S&P for ESG indices
Also: BlackRock and Thomson Reuters launch inclusion and diversity index; German association publishes ESG glossary
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SEB: Green bonds to raise $185bn this year despite headwinds
Decreasing growth rate ‘not specific to green finance’
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MiFID II may spur more regulation as costs come to light: Moody's
Major post-crisis regulation will hit the European asset management industry where it already hurts, says rating agency
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‘Factor indices can be dangerous’, consultancy warns
Mercer cautious on index approaches but positive on active multi-factor strategies
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ESG roundup: NZ Super, Erste, Trucost
Also: Austrian manager excludes carmakers; Trucost launches carbon pricing tool
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Joseph Mariathasan: Greece – is there hope?
With the troubled country returning to bond markets, there may finally be reasons to be cheerful in south-east Europe
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Latin America best placed to meet global 2°C energy target: S&P
Despite a high carbon footprint, Latin American equities also offer high exposure to renewables
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S&P proposes green bond, ESG assessment tools
Credit rating agency seeks feedback from investors, other market participants
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Green bond market set to grow despite oil price slump, says S&P
Report cites possible involvement of China in market as ‘game changer’
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S&P: DB funding at European companies to fall by 15% due to QE
Ratings agency warns failure of QE to boost growth will further hamper scheme funding
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IPE Awards: Pension funds must dare to invest in untested asset types
Nearly half of investors have had to reject investments due to constraints, according to IPE poll
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Dutch downgrade's impact on pension funds limited, experts say
The decision by ratings agency Standards & Poor’s (S&P) to downgrade the creditworthiness of the Netherlands from AAA to AA+ will affect the assets and liabilities of Dutch pension funds only marginally, industry experts have suggested. Many point out that pension funds have invested a relatively small portion of their ...
