Institutional impact funds hit €245bn, says Phenix Capital

IMPACT,Investment

Bond issuers get coronavirus guidance from ICMA

Guidance on how social bond issuers can contribute to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has…

Debt,Green Bonds,IMPACT

UNEP FI publishes 'groundbreaking' impact measurement tools

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has launched a pair of tools to help the private…

Corporate,IMPACT,Investment

Investors warned about rate of change in ESG materiality

ESG,IMPACT

Health investments are coronavirus response opportunity: DWS

IMPACT,Policy

Impact reporting making great strides forward: Zurich

Zurich Insurance Group says it has noticed 'great progress' over the past 12 months in how other organisations…

IMPACT,Insurance,Investment

Arcano launches €300m impact fund

Arcano Asset Management plans to raise €300 million ($337 million) for a private equity impact fund which…

IMPACT

Nomura, American Century launch EM impact fund

Nomura Asset Management and American Century Investments have launched an impact listed equity fund to…

IMPACT

Zurich ups impact investments to $4.6bn

Zurich Insurance Group has grown its impact investments to $4.6 billion - an increase of about $800 million,…

IMPACT,Investment

Impact funds on the hunt for €57bn in capital

Impact-focused asset managers are currently on the search for a combined €57 billion ($65 billion) to…

IMPACT

Impact part of US Development Finance Corporation's pitch for funds

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has requested a budget of $836 million to…

IMPACT

Quona closes $200m financial inclusion fund

Quona Capital has reached a $203 million final close on its second financial inclusion fund, which will…

IMPACT

CPR launches social impact fund

CPR Asset Management has launched what it claims is a first-of-its-kind impact fund to invest in listed…

IMPACT

Impact markets 'littered with examples of mismanagement of social issues'

Impact investors should step up efforts to measure and manage their negative impact, particularly on…

IMPACT

Impact tool launched to assess investor Taxonomy alignment

A product has been created to assess and report the impact of investor portfolios in line with the forthcoming…

IMPACT,Policy

Rockefeller Foundation sets $1bn low-wage investment goal

The Rockefeller Foundation is set to invest $65 million in a financing programme it says will mobilise…

IMPACT

US Global Compact Network seeks 'SDG pioneers'

The US arm of the UN Global Compact has launched a call for applications to its Sustainable Development…

IMPACT

Nordic green bond issuers include EU standard in new reporting guidance

A group of Nordic issuers has set out recommendations on how to report green bond impact in line with…

Green Bonds,IMPACT

Large asset owners deterred by lack of quality impact strategies - NNIP survey

Asset managers have been urged to develop more sophisticated impact investment strategies, after a survey…

IMPACT

Newton eyes up social impact opportunities

Newton Investment Management is preparing to launch environmentally-themed funds this year, and is considering…

IMPACT