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Nuveen Global Impact Fund makes first investment
15 October 2020Nuveen Global Impact Fund has invested in battery storage technology firm Advanced Battery Concepts (ABC), representing its first investment after securing a first close in July.
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Achmea Innovation Fund invests in reforestation company
14 October 2020The Netherlands-based financial services provider Achmea is taking a 'significant' non-controlling interest in Land Life, a reforestation company.
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Climate Endowment to launch €500m forestry fund
14 October 2020The Climate Endowment Group is gearing up to launch a forestry impact fund with an initial target size of about €500 million ($590 million), Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Private wealth holders to 'almost double' impact investing by 2025
14 October 2020Research by Campden Wealth, Global Impact Solutions Today (GIST), and Barclays Private Bank suggests the average portfolio allocation of private wealth holders and family offices for social and environment impact is to increase from 20% in 2019 to 35% in 2025.
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'The time is right to invest in natural capital'
12 October 2020How does HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management aim to attract large-scale investment in natural capital, Michael Hurley asks
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APG invests $50m in 'racial equality' bond
08 October 2020Netherlands-based pensions asset manager APG has invested $50 million in Bank of America's $2 billion 'Equality Progress Sustainability Bond' that was issued last month.
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UNDP publishes SDG Impact Standards for private equity
07 October 2020A set of standards designed to help private equity fund managers and investors finance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been published by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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MACIF launches €20m impact asset manager
07 October 2020French mutual insurer MACIF has launched MACIF Impact ESS, an asset manager focused on impact investment.
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'Climate endowment' launches €500m hydropower fund
07 October 2020A 'climate endowment' looking to replicate the alternative investment strategies of Harvard and Yale universities has launched a hydropower impact fund targeting €500 million ($588 million) in investments.
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Impact Investing Institute launches principles for pension trustees
05 October 2020The UK's Impact Investing Institute has developed principles for pension trustees intended to give an 'accessible, practical insight' into the field as well as steps they can take to develop an investment strategy.