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Ambienta completes acquisition of Collingwood Lighting

Environmental investing pioneer sounds 'green bubble' warning

Nino Tronchetti Provera, founder of Ambienta, says the rush to green investments is leading to some insane valuations. Peter Cripps reports

'Sustainable returns come from sustainable investing', says Ambienta

European private equity firm Ambienta is seeing its sustainable investment strategies bear fruit 10 years after their launch.

BlackRock and Aviva Investors to speak at Green Equities 2017 conference

Big hitters including Aviva Investors' Steve Waygood and John McKinley, director of the impact investing arm of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, have added their names to the stellar line-up of speakers at Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Equities 2017 conference.

Zurich commits 10% of private equity spending to impact investment

Insurance giant Zurich has pledged to channel up to 10% of its private equity investments into green and socially-focused projects.

People moves

A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at BlackRock, SolarCity and SunEdison

Ambienta exceeds €300m target for second environmental fund

Ambienta, an Italian private equity firm, has closed its second environmental technology fund, having raised €323.5 million ($405 million).

Ambienta environmental fund reaches €200m second close

Italian private equity fund Ambienta has raised €200 million ($273 million) for its second fund focused on environmental technologies.

Italian environmental fund exceeds target for first close

Ambienta, an Italian private equity investment manager, has announced the first close of its second fund focussed on European environmental technology companies.