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M&G allocates £5bn to impact strategy

M&G has created an investment team to which it has allocated £5 billion ($6.8 billion) to invest in private assets that have a positive social or environmental impact.

US senate wins a 'huge opportunity' for Biden's green ambitions, says M&G

A "huge opportunity" has been handed to US President-elect Joe Biden to deliver on his green policy ambitions, according to M&G Investments, after his Democratic Party takes control of the US Senate following the elections in Georgia.

Climate as well as tech stocks will offer growth in 2021, says M&G

News Round Up: Bezos Earth Fund, MSCI, GRESB, ETFs, and more

M&G launches climate-focused equity impact fund

M&G Investments has launched an equity fund that targets positive climate impact alongside financial returns.

News Round Up: Mercer, Fitch, INVL, and more

Investors back Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing

A Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing has been published with support from a group of UK-based investors including M&G, Insight and Legal & General.

ESG reporting key to ride 'wave' of social housing investment

M&G and Insight Investment are among organisations that have drawn up draft criteria for social housing sustainability reporting, as they suggest "we are at the early stages of what may be a wave of equity investment in affordable housing".

A fifth of Barclays investors back fossil fuel financing phase out

More than a fifth of investors in Barclays backed a shareholder resolution urging the FTSE 100-listed lender to outline a plan to phase out its financing for fossil fuel firms.

M&G and EOS support Barclays fossil fuel funding resolution

M&G Investments and EOS have confirmed they will support a shareholder resolution calling on Barclays to phase out its funding for fossil fuel firms, but Norway's sovereign wealth fund will not be supporting it.