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Impact part of US Development Finance Corporation's pitch for funds
06 March 2020The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has requested a budget of $836 million to meet its annual financing needs - including for an expanded programme to make impact investments in developing countries.
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Quona closes $200m financial inclusion fund
05 March 2020Quona Capital has reached a $203 million final close on its second financial inclusion fund, which will invest in emerging markets.
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CPR launches social impact fund
03 March 2020CPR Asset Management has launched what it claims is a first-of-its-kind impact fund to invest in listed companies that help tackle social inequality.
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Impact markets 'littered with examples of mismanagement of social issues'
28 February 2020Impact investors should step up efforts to measure and manage their negative impact, particularly on social issues, according to Actis.
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Impact tool launched to assess investor Taxonomy alignment
27 February 2020A product has been created to assess and report the impact of investor portfolios in line with the forthcoming EU Taxonomy of sustainable activities.
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Rockefeller Foundation sets $1bn low-wage investment goal
26 February 2020The Rockefeller Foundation is set to invest $65 million in a financing programme it says will mobilise $1 billion in private finance and help support about 10 million low-income workers in the US.
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US Global Compact Network seeks 'SDG pioneers'
25 February 2020The US arm of the UN Global Compact has launched a call for applications to its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Pioneers award.
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Nordic green bond issuers include EU standard in new reporting guidance
19 February 2020A group of Nordic issuers has set out recommendations on how to report green bond impact in line with the proposed EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).
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Large asset owners deterred by lack of quality impact strategies - NNIP survey
17 February 2020Asset managers have been urged to develop more sophisticated impact investment strategies, after a survey by NN Investment Partners revealed that many large Nordic asset owners are interested in the market but are unconvinced by a lack of quality and scale of existing impact strategies.
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Newton eyes up social impact opportunities
14 February 2020Newton Investment Management is preparing to launch environmentally-themed funds this year, and is considering how it can muscle in on the impact investing space, Environmental Finance has learned.