TPG downsizes impact fund target
Private equity firm TPG has downsized its latest impact fund, Rise Fund II, from $3 billion to $2.5 billion.
Private equity firm TPG has downsized its latest impact fund, Rise Fund II, from $3 billion to $2.5 billion.
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Stock exchanges, clearing houses and other market infrastructure organisations have been advised to consider adopting sustainability standards for commodities trading.
Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners (NNIP) is currently integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into 66% of its strategies, accounting for €176 billion ($195.3 billion) in assets under management (AuM).
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an agreement with the Development Bank of Southern Africa to launch the long-awaited Climate Finance Facility (CFF) – a first-of-its-kind green bank in Africa.
Index providers have been encouraged to help the adoption of the proposed EU climate taxonomy, by a leading member of the group that helped devise it.
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Only 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria, and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), according to MSCI.
The vast majority of banks in south-east Asia are still financing ‘unsustainable’ activities such as coal-fired power and deforestation, says WWF.
Swedish asset manager Coeli has launched an equity hedge fund designed to exploit opportunities arising from the transition to a low-carbon energy sector and the increasingly short project cycles in the sector.