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  • 'SLBs can be the right tool for impact investing' urge investors

    06 February 2025

    Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) have the potential to be valuable impact investing tools and regulations in Europe could be building the right "home" for the performance-based instrument,...

  • Ashmore plans $3bn EM impact debt fund

    06 February 2025

    Emerging markets-focused asset manager Ashmore plans to raise $3 billion for its first impact debt fund, a conference heard.

  • MUFG's $1.5bn blended finance strategy nears first close

    04 February 2025

    From Jennifer Forrest in Paris

  • $490bn a year needed for most climate vulnerable nations, claims report

    29 January 2025

    The most climate-vulnerable countries require $490 billion of funding a year by 2030 to prepare for climate mitigation and adaptation, and loss and damage, a report has claimed.

  • 'Huge infra-adjacent AI projects available for sustainable VC backing'

    17 January 2025

    There is a "huge opportunity" for venture capital firms to invest in artificial intelligence solutions supporting transitional infrastructure, Environmental Finance has heard.

  • Falling interest rates could help impact allocations, says BlueOrchard

    24 December 2024

    Lower interest rates in Europe could help increase institutional investors' impact allocations to emerging markets, an investor has told Environmental Finance.

  • Family offices interest for impact set to boom, says GIIN

    18 December 2024

    Family offices interest for impact set to boom, says GIIN

  • Define impact investing in SFDR, EU Platform says

    17 December 2024

    The EU should define impact investing so impact funds can be distinguished in an overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to expert advisors mandated by the European Commission.

  • Regen ag and biodiversity form 2025 investment focus for Schroders Capital

    16 December 2024

    Natural capital, biodiversity and newer themes such as regenerative agriculture will be a bigger area of focus for Schroders Capital in 2025, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Trump's pending market deregulation could help impact returns case, says Schroders

    16 December 2024

    More exits at attractive valuations across the across the impact investment market should prove that impact and financial returns can be delivered simultaneously, Schroders Capital has claimed, as the return of Donald Trump buoys markets.