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Legal Framework for Impact to fundamentally reshape finance, says Generation IM

The forthcoming Legal Framework for Impact "will fundamentally reshape the way finance and business is conducted in coming decades", according to Generation Investment Management.

Lessons from the Covid-19 crisis - Part two

In the first of this two-part series, Hervé Duteil drew on three sustainability foresights offered by the Covid-19 pandemic crisis: the future we want, the future we fear, and the future we create. In this second part, he now explores three enabling mindsets that we must adopt to create the future we want, and where Sustainable Finance has an important role to play

Where is the G in ESG?

Michael Morosi, global equity manager at Mapfre, unwraps the concept of good governance and how his fund makes investment decisions accordingly. Interview by Vincent Huck

People Moves, 22 May: Brunel Pension Partnership; NN Investment Partners; Institute of International Finance; DWS; Vigeo Eiris

'Time has come' for SEC to address ESG disclosure

A committee of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged the regulator to take a lead on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures, amid concerns a delayed response will result in US firms suffering a "distinct disadvantage" in accessing international capital.

APG and Axa buy big in €60bn Covid-19 bond market

APG Asset Management has invested €554 million ($604 million) in 'Covid-19 bonds' in recent weeks, a market it estimated could already be as large as €60 billion.

Asset owners showing ESG data firms the way on impact - PGGM

A forthcoming impact-focused data platform pioneered by Dutch asset owners APG and PGGM could demonstrate to specialist data providers the appeal of covering the impact investing space, according to PGGM's Piet Klop.

Impact in Africa: SMEs' fight for survival amid Covid-19

With the 'missing middle' in sub-Saharan Africa ballooning and many SMEs on life support, Vital Capital has launched a debt facility to help, Nimrod Gerber tells Michael Hurley

Bain impact fund invests in healthcare and distance learning

Bain Capital Double Impact has invested in a distance learning company for special needs students and a provider of healthcare to individuals with disabilities.

Pimco engages with 175 issuers for ESG portfolios