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UK deforestation regulation clear 'investment signal'

New UK deforestation regulation could create "long-term market opportunities", investors have told Environmental Finance, while urging alignment with the EU.

Impax to focus on social risks and opportunities of AI

Impax Asset Management will increasingly focus on the governance and use of artificial intelligence (AI), having identified the technology - and its social impact - as a key cross-cutting issue across its portfolio.

Adaptation taxonomy would reveal who is burying head in sand, says Impax

An industry-led adaptation taxonomy would help identify companies addressing physical climate risk, according to Impax Asset Management.

'So many taxonomies' in APAC is a 'necessary evil', says Sustainable Fitch

The growing number of sustainable finance taxonomies across the Asia-Pacific region is creating complexity for investors and issuers, but market participants argued that this is an unavoidable phase, as countries pursue different pathways to decarbonisation.

Impax AUM fall as it updates on Impax Environmental Markets

Impax Asset Management's assets under management fell by £3.8 billion ($5.1 billion) during the first three months of the year, driven by outflows from institutional investors.

Impact investors in $114m ecosystem restoration fundraise

Shareholders back exit from Impax Environmental Markets

Most shareholders in London Stock Exchange-listed Impax Environmental Markets have chosen to exit the closed-end fund following a vote designed to placate activist investor Saba Capital.

Impax Environmental Markets board backs exit for shareholders

Board directors of the Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), a London-listed closed-end fund, have called on existing investors to vote in favour of a resolution to realise their holdings in the investment trust.

Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference returns on Thursday

Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference returns to London on Thursday.

Activist Saba rejects Impax Environmental Markets tender offer

US activist investor Saba Capital Management rejected a 'share tender offer' by the £982.9 million ($1.3 billion) Impax Environmental Markets (IEM) after calling for investment manager Impax Asset Management to pay costs.