All Impact investing articles – Page 16
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LD Pensions seeks managers for new €160m impact mandate
Danish non-contributory pension fund creates “Positive Pursuits” global equity mandate to focus on environmental and wellbeing goals
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German, Swiss and Austrian investors report spike in ESG investments
Sustainable investments volume increased by 50% across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, says FNG
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UK seeks to boost impact investing sector with new initiative
The Impact Investing Institute brings together two existing bodies that have been working to expand impact investing in the UK
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PGGM to increase impact investments through private equity funds
The asset manager has found that innovative companies are usually too small for direct investment to be suitable
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ESG roundup: PE manager claims record with $700m impact fund
LeapFrog attracts European pension funds, asset managers and insurers for impact fund; Finnish pension insurer Varma backs human rights campaign
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UK public pension pool allocates $60m to private equity impact fund
Allocation made on behalf of four of Brunel Pension Partnership’s local government pension scheme clients as impact investing appetite grows
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Tricky, but worthwhile
Help is at hand for institutional investors interested in pursuing, or deepening their efforts in impact investing
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Legal Framework: The lay of the law
A new project aims to find answers to some fundamental legal questions about investing, people and planet
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Fiduciary Duty: Making the right impact
Impact funds range from those that seek to generate attractive returns while pursuing social objectives to those that focus solely on the social aims
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Public Markets: Hard to pin down
A mishmash of blurred definitions and terminology borrowed from ESG and sustainability is marring the progress of impact investing in public markets
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Social Impact Investing: Need for clear definitions
Measuring genuine social impact investing means disentangling it from conventional investing with elements of ESG
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GIIN: Setting the bar
The CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, an organisation dedicated to promoting impact investing, talks about the need for ‘baseline expectations’
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Social Impact Finance: Bonds to help Asia’s ‘missing middle’ women
An initiative to raise money to provide low-cost finance for rural female entrepreneurs
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Alignment: mind the gap
What role might market participants play to plug the SDG gap?
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Actis: Thinking deep about measurement
Private markets investor Actis is taking impact measurement seriously
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AP1 - A circular focus
Swedish buffer fund AP1 highlights resource efficiency as key to a sustainable investment strategy
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Chart of the Week: Alternatives investors bullish on UN SDGs
Survey shows SDGs hold a lot of promise, but current practice lags expectations
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Danish pension funds set greener investment goals
PenSam pledges 10% green investments; Lærernes Pension blacklists coal and oil firms
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IFC unveils impact investing principles to provide ‘common standard’
Principles intended to bring clarity, discipline as ‘impact’ label becomes more popular
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Industry body sets out ‘core characteristics’ of impact investing
Communication of four main tenets comes amid concerns about ‘impact washing’