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Asset manager CEOs split on including defence in sustainability strategies
01 May 2025The CEOs of major asset managers were split on whether defence firms should be considered for inclusion in sustainability strategies, illustrating the industry's struggle to square sustainability messaging with funding weapons.
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SFDR and US pushback show industry's communication failing, say asset manager CEOs
01 May 2025Political pushback against ESG investments and confusion caused by the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) show that the investment industry needs to improve its communication on sustainability, asset manager CEOs claimed.
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US to mobilise private capital with emerging market transition initiative
29 July 2024US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has announced further support for the Emerging Markets Transition Debt Initiative, with investors committing $400 million into the energy transition in emerging markets.
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Covid-19-recovery impact fund launched in South Africa
08 June 2020Ninety One has launched a debt and equity impact fund to support South Africa's recovery from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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SDGs could create $12 trillion of additional value, say business chiefs
17 January 2017Aligning business models with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could yield economic opportunities worth $12 trillion a year by 2030, according to an international group of CEOs and civil society leaders.