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Nippon Life to test impact investing waters with TPG investment
14 July 2020Nippon Life intends to invest this month in TPG's Rise Fund, as part of a plan to eventually invest JPY30 billion ($280 million), through its own strategy, into companies targeting a measurable positive social or environmental impact alongside financial returns.
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Private wealth firms encouraged to develop impact, ESG products
13 July 2020Managers of private wealth, including family offices and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), have been encouraged to develop more products that focus on creating positive impact or that incorporate environmental, social or governance (ESG) considerations.
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UBS backs $182m impact fund for female tech entrepreneurs
10 July 2020Rethink Impact's second impact fund dedicated to investing in female entrepreneurs in technology raised $182 million at final close, including $56 million from UBS Wealth Management.
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ISS ESG, Solactive create SDG impact indexes
09 July 2020A set of equity indexes designed to include only the companies that contribute the most net positive impact to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been devised by Solactive and ISS ESG.
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Axa IM strengthens gender diversity voting policy
09 July 2020Axa Investment Management has expanded its gender diversity voting policy for firms in developed and emerging market economies, as it continues to ramp up pressure on companies to improve their practices
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EU taxonomy has lessons for impact investing - KBI
09 July 2020Impact investors have been encouraged to repurpose the revenues-based approach of the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities and use it to assess a portfolio's net contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Nordic insurers invest $90m in SDG fund
08 July 2020Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company, Kåpan Pensioners and Nordea Life & Pensions have invested a combined $90.4m in a fund launched by US impact investment firm Developing World Markets (DWM).
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BMO claims 19 positive SDG engagement outcomes
07 July 2020BMO Global Asset Management has claimed that it has helped achieve 19 instances of positive sustainability outcomes in the last year as a result of its dialogue with the companies in its SDG Engagement Equity Fund.
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Australian, Canadian asset owners join SDG data platform
07 July 2020AustralianSuper and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation have thrown their support behind a "globally consistent measurement framework" to assess their portfolio investments' contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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2X Challenge publishes gender equality criteria for investors
06 July 2020The 2X Challenge to invest to improve gender equality has published investment criteria for private financiers, as the initiative announced it has surpassed its initial objective by 50%, to drive $4.5 billion in investments.