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SocGen, CDC sign $100m West Africa risk sharing facility
03 July 2020Societe Generale and the UK's CDC Group have agreed a $100 million trade finance risk sharing facility to increase access to finance for businesses and importers in Africa.
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Mapfre to invest in impact debt fund
02 July 2020Mapfre Asset Management and Global Social Impact Investments (GSI) have launched a fund to invest in short- and medium-term private debt in emerging markets.
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Morgan Stanley builds impact into multi-asset fund
02 July 2020Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched a multi-asset fund that aims to provide "a measure of downside protection in volatile markets", as well as to incrementally increase investments in companies with potential to create positive environmental or social impact.
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Aegon, ABN AMRO team up to launch impact fund
01 July 2020Aegon Asset Management and ABN AMRO plan to launch a listed equity impact fund this year, in a tie-up that will look to tap growing demand for impact investments in their respective network of clients.
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TPG's Rise Fund opens renewables arm with 1GW purchase
01 July 2020TPG's flagship impact investing fund has purchased a 1GW portfolio of solar photovoltaic projects from China-based Trina Solar for an undisclosed sum.
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Dai-ichi Life invests in Covid-19 vaccine bond
30 June 2020Japanese insurance company Dai-ichi Life has invested JPY15.8 billion ($147 million) into a vaccine bond, issued by the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm).
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Irish impact fund raises €20m for technology investments
29 June 2020Private equity group VentureWave Capital has raised €20 million ($23 million) at first close of a fund that will invest in technology companies in Ireland that "generate a return for society as well as investors".
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US Development Finance Corporation unveils impact assessment system
26 June 2020The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has unveiled a system by which it plans to assess the positive and negative environmental and social impact of its investments.
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IFC celebrates 100 signatories to impact principles
26 June 2020100 investors have signed up to a set of principles that require annual public disclosure of information on how they seek to achieve positive impact through their investments, as well as independent verification of their alignment with the principles.
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Impact classification system launch 'a critical step forward'
25 June 2020The launch of a system by which asset managers 'self-classify' the type of impact they create through their investment has been hailed as a "critical step forward" for the area of impact investing.