Holly Downes

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Articles

Investing in solar amid increasing political uncertainty

1 month ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Last year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed global investments in clean energy is set to reach almost double the amount going to fossil fuels in 2024.
CFM launches energy transition and green hydrogen fund

1 month ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) has launched a global energy transition and green hydrogen fund, Climate Investor Three (CI3). The fund has secured commitments of €150m from European donors, and will initially focus on South Africa and Namibia. It contains a blended finance model designed to enable public and private sector investors to access the growing energy transition and green hydrogen markets at a risk-return profile.
First Sentier Investors' Lee: Action we are taking to meet our ambitious nature targets

1 month ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Late last year, First Sentier Investors (FSI) announced it was setting its first nature targets as an adopter of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). These targets relate to governance, assessment and training as recommended by the framework, with the firm intending to achieve them by the end of this year.
Compass launches platform to amplify stewardship efforts

1 month ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Compass Insights has launched a platform designed to allow asset owners to coordinate their investments and stewardship efforts. The platform – called SaaS platform – centralises ESG data management and analysis, providing users with data that helps support decision-making, including fund monitoring, stewardship, and reporting.
'Be prepared to revisit regulation' around stewardship efforts

2 months ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) must be “open to change” and accept the cultural shift in stewardship efforts in its consultation of a revision of the code, according to a panel at the at the Investment Association (IA)’s Stewardship & Corporate Governance forum last week. Moderated by Andrew Ninian, director of stewardship risk and tax at the IA, the panel titled What is effective stewardship in 2025?
Young people want to see authenticity around financial firms' social claims

2 months ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Young people in the UK have said financial firms have an important role to play in driving progressive societal change but must do so in an authentic way with words that are followed up with action, according to MRM’s inaugural Young Money Report. The report – Guidance not Gratification: Why financial services needs to reclaim its finfluence, surveyed 1,000 UK-based 18- to 30-year-olds between August and September last year.
GRI and partners call for stronger sustainability reporting

2 months ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and 11 organisations in sustainable corporate reporting have published a joint public letter urging UN Member States to retain corporate sustainability disclosure provisions in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) negotiations. In line with GRI’s commitment to a streamlined global reporting system, this joint letter comes just ahead of the FfD4 committee meeting in New York this week.
Over 50% of investors are engaged with the impact private debt sector

2 months ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Over 50% of investors are currently engaged in, or planning to pursue, impact investing, according to the latest bfinance report. The report – DNA of a Manager Search: Impact Private Debt – looked at how the impact investing landscape has developed over the past two years. Specifically, it highlights the opportunities and challenges found within impact private debt investing through found the impact private debt sector.
Rebalance Earth’s Gardner: ‘When ecosystems fail, economies falter’

2 months ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Amid the growing recognition of how vital ecosystem services are to economies, public health and human well-being, several organisations – including WWF, the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero – have released guidance on how to create National Transition Plans (NTPs) to align investments with global sustainability goals.
More asset owners are embracing nature and biodiversity in sustainability strategies

2 months ago | future.portfolio-adviser.com | Holly Downes

Around 65% of asset owners incorporate nature and biodiversity into their sustainability strategies, while a further 20% plan to do so, according to a recent report published by Pensions for Purpose.