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BlueOrchard launches Covid-19 support impact fund
09 November 2020BlueOrchard Finance has launched a $140 million impact fund to help financial institutions provide financing to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging and frontier markets as they respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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US election shows demand for positive change, impact investor says
09 November 2020The record level of voter turnout in the 2020 US election demonstrates the country's desire for positive change - public sentiment which should be harnessed by investors, according to Adasina Social Capital.
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Impactful real estate's role in the pandemic recovery
09 November 2020Real estate impact funds can help countries 'build back better' from Covid-19, writes Manfredi Catella
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Carney launches private finance strategy for COP26
09 November 2020Mark Carney has launched the UK's Private finance Strategy for COP 26, which includes proposals to help countries require disclosures in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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News round-up: Investor group urges coal exit, ESG index numbers jump, Franklin Templeton boosts social assets
06 November 2020$5trn UN-convened global alliance calls for thermal coal exit
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No one-size-fits-all approach for financing climate transition, says Morgan Stanley
06 November 2020Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, speakers reflect on the balance between purity and pragmatism when financing climate transition strategies
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Carbon emissions data: the good news and the bad
06 November 2020Carbon data may not be what it seems. Transparency is key, argues Ian Stannard
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People moves 6 November: Pollination, Janus Henderson, Blackstone ... and more
06 November 2020Templeton leaves GIG to join Pollination
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Länsförsäkringar launches climate fund
06 November 2020A new climate-aware index fund from Swedish insurer Länsförsäkringar plans to allocate more than one-quarter (26%) of its assets to companies actively tackling the threat of global warming by reducing their carbon footprint.
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Fitch warns on pricing climate change into property-backed investments
05 November 2020Holders may not be factoring price- and insurance-loss into investment risk assessments