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Gresham House snapped up in £470m private equity deal

£7.8 billion ($10 billion) UK specialist asset management firm Gresham House is set to be acquired for £470 million by US private equity firm Searchlight Capital.

US, emerging markets to spur sustainable bond growth

With regulatory and policy shifts in motion, US sustainable bonds are expected to rebound after underwhelming issuance in recent years, market experts predict.

Chinese climate engagement initiative launches

An institutional investor initiative to encourage decarbonisation by Chinese corporates has been launched which it is claimed is the first of its kind in China, the world's second largest economy and its most polluting country.

TNFD criticised for lack of scientists in governance

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has refuted criticism that there is "a lack of independent scientific rigour" in its main body.

Why the greenium behaves like a 'drunk'

No one likes having to talk to a drunk - their inane and random ramblings can be difficult to understand.

Nature investment tracker to be launched by UK financial institutions

Some of the largest UK financial institutions have launched a group that aims to develop a database to track private finance investments in nature.

People moves, 14 July: ANZ, Wellington, Newton, IFC ... and more

SocGen life insurer uses CDC data to calculate biodiversity footprint

The life insurance arm of Société Générale Group has published its biodiversity footprint using CDC Biodiversité's Global Biodiversity Score (GBS) tool.

Scope 3 'make or break' for the SLB market, says BNP Paribas

Scope 3 emissions could "make or break" the sustainability-linked bond (SLBs) market, a sustainable finance head at BNP Paribas has told Environmental Finance.

FSB setting up transition plan working group

The body that established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is setting up a group to study how climate transition planning can inform how regulators supervise risks to financial stability.