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• LMICs offer healthcare's 'greatest opportunity for impact', says AXA IM Alts

  15 June 2022

  AXA Investment Managers (IM) estimates that demand for healthcare solutions for chronic illnesses in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will outstrip high-income countries over the coming decade.

• IFC prepares to launch biodiversity finance guide

  15 June 2022

  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is preparing to publish a draft guide on biodiversity finance, an executive has said.

• New benchmark 'could be bellwether index' for sustainable finance

  15 June 2022

  A new index that combines material ESG data with climate transition data could become the "bellwether benchmark" in sustainable finance, its co-creator believes.

• GFANZ issues transition plan recommendations & 'ambition' tracker

  15 June 2022

  The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has issued 10 recommendations for financial institutions to adopt in their net-zero transition plans, including metrics to track portfolio 'ambition', sector-specific pathways and pan-sector strategies to avoid 'paper decarbonisation'.

• US hedge fund group advocates short-selling to hit ESG goals

  14 June 2022

  Short selling by asset managers can be an effective way of achieving ESG goals if the position is recorded accurately, US alternatives investment industry group Managed Funds Association (MFA) has said.

• Australian regulator launches anti-greenwashing fund guidance

  14 June 2022

  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched guidance for sustainability-related products to combat what it called the "growing risk of greenwashing".

• LGIM divests two laggards as part of 'climate pledge'

  14 June 2022

  Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is to divest two companies from funds managing £87 billion ($105 billion) for failure to take action on greenhouse gas emissions,...

• MEPs object to gas, nuclear inclusion in EU Taxonomy

  14 June 2022

  European politicians on two key parliamentary committees have objected to the inclusion of gas and nuclear projects in the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities,...

• PBAF standard targets 'black box' biodiversity data

  14 June 2022

  The Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) has launched its latest version of an impact biodiversity standard that aims to tackle opaque biodiversity data.

• 'Writing on the wall' for uptick in SEC's ESG scrutiny, says law firm

  14 June 2022

  The "writing is on the wall" for a significant uptick in scrutiny by the US securities markets regulator of fund manager claims of environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration, according to a US law firm.