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  • The impact of listed equities biodiversity funds

    01 May 2023

    As more capital flows to biodiversity-themed listed equities funds, Thomas Cox asks whether it is possible for the strategies to have a positive impact on nature

  • Union Investment: SLBs can have impact

    03 April 2023

    The market needs to promote the strongest SLBs rather than just pile-in on the weakest in order to support the development of a potentially valuable instrument, Union Investment's Johannes Böhm tells Ahren Lester.

  • Six things to know for impact managers

    17 March 2023

    A legal perspective on the complications of raising and managing an impact fund is provided by Oliver Rochman, William Yonge, Carl Valenstein, Zeke Johnson and Divya Thakur

  • The UK's impact label: an intention to be better than SFDR

    08 February 2023

    The UK is proposing a label for 'impact' funds, in a significant divergence from the EU, but some warn it could add further complication, writes Michael Hurley

  • ESG: complex in a vague sort of way

    13 January 2023

    Amid widespread confusion about ESG and impact, Mike Sebastian offers his thoughts on what asset owners can realistically achieve with their investments

  • Lombard Odier's natural capital strategy, two years on

    05 January 2023

    After stellar 2021, the strategy felt the pain in 2022, writes Madeleine Jenkins

  • The climate crisis demands that investors rethink impact

    30 December 2022

    Investments that simply do "some good" are no longer "good enough", argues Tamar Pashtan

  • 'Ocean Impact Navigator' draws investors to blue economy

    09 December 2022

    Impact investing to promote ocean health is benefiting from developments in impact reporting, according to a fund manager active in the space. Madeleine Jenkins reports

  • The 'green discount' in emerging countries

    07 December 2022

    Massive population growth needs to be met with drastically scaled up climate finance in developing countries, writes Nakul Zaveri

  • The adaptation imperative

    18 November 2022

    The importance of investment in climate adaptation in developing economies has been demonstrated by impact investors, Maria Teresa Zappia explains