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Increase access to financial services to cut racial inequality, investors told

Investing to increase access to financial services among 'people of colour' is perhaps the most important thing investors can do to reduce racial inequality in the US, according to a report by Cornerstone Capital.

Healthcare impact investing webinar: Investment need accelerating but data dearth hampers storytelling

American Century Investments explains how impact investing in healthcare can pay social and financial dividends, but that data shortfalls make the story harder to tell. Ahren Lester reports.

SSE announces Just Transition plan following investor pressure

British energy company SSE is to adopt a Just Transition plan following pressure from non-profit Friends Provident Foundation and Royal London Asset Management.

Does private education have a place in an impact investment strategy?

There is a strong argument that private education has no place in impact investing. The reality is a lot more complicated, says UBP's Eli Koen

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Czarnikow, Terna and CMPC

Czarnikow claims world's first sustainability-linked trade facility

How Women Invest raises $5m for venture capital fund

The US-based How Women Invest (HWI) has achieved a first close of $5 million in four months for its first venture capital fund.

Bond round-up: Visa, CAF, Yuzhou, Akbank, Reykjavik Energy ... and more

Axa IM launches 'ESG-integrated' emerging market Euro debt fund

Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has launched a fund that will invest in euro-denominated emerging market bonds, while screening out companies with low environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores.

$100m raised for oceans and seafood impact fund

S2G Ventures has launched a fund with about $100 million in commitments to invest in alternative food sources from the world's oceans.

Covid-19 will accelerate many sustainability trends, says Impax

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated many existing sustainability trends but introduced new risks and changed the trajectory of others, according to Impax Asset Management.