Archive

  • CIC raises $300m for deeptech & life sciences fund

    25 April 2022

    Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) has raised £225 million ($300 million) from investors, including M&G, for its oversubscribed impact fund.

  • M&G acquires responsAbility to help target emerging market impact

    27 January 2022

    M&G is set to acquire Switzerland-based impact specialist responsAbility in a deal the UK investment manager said would bolster its impact product offering in emerging markets.

  • UPDATED: M&G launches diversity fund

    24 January 2022

    M&G has launched a global equity strategy focussed on gender and ethnic diversity.

  • Impact: areas to watch in 2022

    24 December 2021

    Big-name players demonstrate the growing appeal of impact strategies - but calls for more credible evidence of impact continue to grow, Michael Hurley writes

  • M&G Catalyst, TPG Rise invest in recycling company

    15 December 2021

    Impact funds M&G Catalyst and TPG Rise have invested as part of a $170 million funding round by a company that recycles household waste to produce 'thermoplastic'

  • Rotation into value stocks dents M&G impact fund outperformance

    18 November 2021

    The wider stock market shift that has in recent months benefited stocks perceived as 'cheaper' alternatives to those that rely on the promise of future growth has dented the financial performance of listed equities impact funds, including that run by M&G.

  • Markets 'unmoved' by blizzard of COP26 announcements

    08 November 2021

    The flurry of announcements emanating from the COP26 summit in Glasgow have yet to make an impact on financial markets, a sustainability-focused fund manager has claimed.

  • M&G invests in plastics recycling firm

    08 November 2021

    M&G has invested an undisclosed amount in UK-based plastics recycling firm Plastic Energy as part of a €145 million ($168 million) fundraising round.

  • M&G invests in electric vehicles company

    26 October 2021

    M&G Investments and Mountain Partners have invested in TIER Mobility, a European 'micro-mobility' company that provides electric bicycles, mopeds and scooters...

  • Two-thirds of SDGs set to be missed, M&G analysis suggests

    01 October 2021

    A lack of investment means the world is on track to meet only six of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to analysis by M&G Investments.