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Nippon Life to test impact investing waters with TPG investment
14 July 2020Nippon Life intends to invest this month in TPG's Rise Fund, as part of a plan to eventually invest JPY30 billion ($280 million), through its own strategy, into companies targeting a measurable positive social or environmental impact alongside financial returns.
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Axa IM strengthens gender diversity voting policy
09 July 2020Axa Investment Management has expanded its gender diversity voting policy for firms in developed and emerging market economies, as it continues to ramp up pressure on companies to improve their practices
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Coronabonds webinar: Pimco gives EM sovereigns 'benefit of the doubt'
29 June 2020Investors are likely to give the "benefit of the doubt" to some emerging markets (EM) governments issuing bonds targeting relief efforts amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, said fixed income investor PIMCO.
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Coronabonds webinar: Axa adopts 'flexible' approach as it invests heavily
25 June 2020Axa Investment Managers has tried not to be "too stringent" when assessing bonds issued in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, as its total investment in so-called 'coronabonds' approaches half a billion euros.
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Transition finance guidelines to be published 'by end of year'
23 June 2020A working group convened by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) exploring the theme of 'climate transition finance' expects to publish guidelines by the end of the year, but stopped short of saying when a formal set of principles might be launched.
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Insurers' oil and gas activities to be next under spotlight
18 June 2020Re/insurers around the world should limit their support for oil and gas projects and have until mid-September to explain the measures they are taking to reduce exposure to the sector, according to environmental NGOs.
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Snam issues maiden €500m 'transition' bond after 'climate action' criticism
12 June 2020Italian energy infrastructure firm Snam has raised €500 million ($567 million) through its inaugural 'transition bond' to finance or refinance energy transition projects, just over a year after its 'climate action bond' attracted controversy.
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Sustainalytics launches transition bonds second-party opinion service
03 June 2020ESG data provider Sustainalytics has launched a transition bond second-party opinion service, the first of its kind in the rapidly evolving labeled bond market.
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Blue like an Orange raises $200m for Latin America impact fund
02 June 2020Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital has raised $200 million at final close of its inaugural impact fund, which will target positive social impact in Latin America via private lending.
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APG and Axa buy big in €60bn Covid-19 bond market
22 May 2020APG Asset Management has invested €554 million ($604 million) in 'Covid-19 bonds' in recent weeks, a market it estimated could already be as large as €60 billion.