Amundi downgrades €45bn of Article 9 funds
Amundi has reclassified almost all of its sustainability range of Article 9 funds into Article 8.
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Amundi has reclassified almost all of its sustainability range of Article 9 funds into Article 8.
Kazakhstan maintains public lists of individuals and organisations allegedly connected to "terrorism or extremism" list, and secret "high-risk" or "suspicious" organisation lists circulated to banks. Both lists lead to blocking and denial of bank accounts and numerous other problems. "We've written more than 10 letters to various state agencies," Protestant Pastor Pyotr Shelepanov of New Life Church in Talgar told Forum 18. "But we've had no real answer." His Church describes the denial of a bank account as "incomprehensible".
Algebris Investments has launched a new sustainable world strategy, the Article 9-labelled Algebris Sustainable World fund.
A St Petersburg court is due to hear the case on 25 November of Danara Erendzhenova, who held up a poster outside the city's Buddhist temple. "Militarism is very expensive – Dalai Lama XIV", it read, which police claim "discredits" Russia's armed forces. A Chita court fined Vitaly Goryachikh two weeks' average local wage for an anti-war poster which cited "I will fear no evil" from Psalm 23. They are among at least 26 known such prosecutions for opposing Russia's war against Ukraine on the basis of faith.
Robeco is expanding its impact investment range with a new Article 9 biodiversity equities strategy, the RobecoSAM Biodiversity Equities fund.