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Credit Suisse seals deal to cater to private client demand for impact
23 October 2020A tie-up between Credit Suisse, The Conduit Connect, Linklaters and Deloitte will aim to make it easier for the Swiss bank's private clients to make impact investments.
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Moody's to retire green bond assessment in favour of Vigeo Eiris' opinions
23 October 2020Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has scrapped its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) service, instead focusing on the second party opinion (SPO) provided by its subsidiary VE.
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Bantleon launches global green bond fund
23 October 2020Swiss asset manager Bantleon has launched a €10 million ($12 million) global green bond fund for its institutional investor clients.
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People Moves 23 October: Clim8 Invest; CofE Pensions Board; SEKSL; AllianceBernstein; Earth Capital; Christian Super
23 October 2020Sustainability investment platform recruits Hiscox CIO
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F4B develops framework for combating biodiversity 'destruction'
23 October 2020Financial institutions should disclose their impacts on biodiversity and be made legally liable for them, according to a new blueprint for a financial system that doesn't harm nature.
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TPG raises $2.2bn for second impact fund
23 October 2020TPG has raised $2.16 billion for its second Rise Fund, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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News round-up: Verra farming credits, 'social' in spotlight, EU fossil fuel subsidies ... and more
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GIIN publishes impact performance comparisons
23 October 2020The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has published reports it says will catalyse the widespread comparison of the impact performance of individual investments.
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Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Enel, Millicom, Seaspan ... and more
22 October 2020Italian utility firm Enel has signed its first €1 billion ($1.2 billion) sustainability-linked loan (SLL), days after issuing another sustainability-linked bond (SLB).
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Bank of China issues first 'blue bonds' in Asia
22 October 2020The Bank of China (BoC) has issued the first blue bonds in Asia, raising nearly $950 million in a transaction described as a "milestone" in the development of financial instruments that help protect the oceans.