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Oceans and blue economy briefing afternoon round up

The second instalment in a series of thematic briefing afternoons that Environmental Finance is running throughout the year on the topic of Natural Capital Investment.

Environmental Finance celebrates World Oceans Day

To coincide with the UN World Oceans Day, Environmental Finance will host a thematic briefing afternoon focusing on oceans and the blue economy, to examine one of the most exciting areas of natural capital investment.

Nuveen raises $575m with 'impact' debt fund IPO

Nuveen has raised $575 million through the initial public offering (IPO) of a debt fund that it claims to be the first positive-impact, closed-end fund.

Nuveen impact strategy invests in Indian microfinance lender

$1.2 trillion investment manager Nuveen has invested an undisclosed amount in Indian microfinance lender Annapurna Finance.

US sustainable ETFs 'not as passive' on ESG voting as you may think, says Morgan Stanley

Passively managed US sustainability-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) vote in favour of environmental and social shareholder proposals considerably more frequently than their non-sustainable peers, according to research by Morgan Stanley, but still less than their actively managed rivals.

News round-up: Green Investment Group, Nuveen, Rathbones and more

Nuveen to acquire C-PACE provider

A green recovery strategy with real impact

A host of eye-catching innovations await impact investors in the theme of resource efficiency, writes Rekha Unnithan

News Round Up: Nuveen, Pattern Energy, NextEnergy, Aker Horizons

BlackRock, DWS, Natixis show 'basic' commitment to ESG, says Morningstar

Morningstar has identified Vanguard and Lyxor among asset managers with a 'low' level of commitment to ESG topics, whilst BlackRock, DWS, Natixis and UBS were flagged for their 'basic' approaches.