All impact investing articles
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NewsNearly half of Nordic institutional investors now invest in impact
Research by NN IP and Kirstein shows impact allocations still limited to 5% of portfolios
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EBRD: Private equity offers bigger impact on employment
‘Private equity has the reputation to cut jobs after the takeover of companies’
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Charities publicise RFP for impact-focused ESG mandate
Charities go public in attempt to communicate, drive higher bar
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‘Substantial shift’ seen as BlackRock embraces climate risk
Suite of initiatives announced as CEO flags near-term capital reallocation over climate risk
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Impact Investing Institute to launch programme to woo pension funds
Pension savers show strong desire for sustainable investments
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PRI names lawyer for ‘legal framework for impact’ project
Freshfields to explore legal questions about ‘new frontier for responsible investment’
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AQR's Lasse Pedersen calls for honesty about ESG and returns
Founder Cliff Asness says 2017 article about exclusions was ‘pro-ESG’
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UK asset managers agree responsible investment ‘common language’
IA says framework and definitions aim to provide ‘clarity and consistency for savers’
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Norwegian SWF takes issue with PRI’s ‘real-world impact’ chapter
NBIM suggests signatories ought to vote on ideas to focus on impact
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Swiss banking group REYL sets up impact investing affiliate
Asteria Investment Managers created ‘from scratch’ to offer institutional investors wide range of impact investing products and strategies
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Chart of the week: Responsible investment surges in importance
Survey shows that attitudes towards responsible investment changed the most among UK investors since last year
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PRI in Person: Natixis IM CEO on empirical evidence in ESG investing
In a welcome speech to delegates, Jean Raby says investors need to ‘go back to basics’ and ask themselves what they are trying to achieve
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Amundi teams up with Asian infrastructure bank for $1bn climate bond fund
Also: AXA IM launches impact fund focused on Asia, Africa and Latin America; NN IP green bond fund reaches €1bn
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Schroders to buy majority stake in impact investor BlueOrchard
Deal underscores growing mainstream investor interest in impact investing, as distinct from ‘exclusionary and inclusionary SRI and ESG integration’
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EIOPA opinion on ESG misrepresents IORP II, says PensionsEurope [updated]
‘Incorrect to indicate that pension funds are required to take ESG factors into consideration as part of investment policy’
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Local authority pension fund backs ‘social outcomes contract’ fund
Merseyside Pension Fund and at least one other local government pension scheme have committed to the £35m fund
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EC sustainable finance approach ‘could expose EU to legal risk’
Think tank argues that a confused understanding of sustainable investment ‘spoils’ the Commission’s package of measures to engage finance in the fight against climate change
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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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Ex-CEOs of major European pension funds back new climate endowment
Mats Anderson, formerly of AP4, and Philippe Desfossés, ex-CEO of ERAFP, named as supporters of fund targeting €20-40bn in assets
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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
