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Healthcare impact investing webinar: Investment need accelerating but data dearth hampers storytelling
13 August 2020American Century Investments explains how impact investing in healthcare can pay social and financial dividends, but that data shortfalls make the story harder to tell. Ahren Lester reports.
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Biotech impact fund achieves $265m first close
22 July 2020An 'impact medicine fund' targeting investments in novel treatments for diseases that have until now been underserved has raised $265 million at first close.
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Siemens Gamesa inks medical research supporting bank guarantee
19 May 2020Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa signed an innovative €600 million bank guarantee line to cover the component construction for the world's largest offshore wind farm, with the premium on the deal used to finance a cancer research project.
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Sustainable equity funds becoming all-weather investments
02 April 2020The relative outperformance of ESG equity funds during the market correction caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic proves they can be all-weather investments that will appeal to long-term investors, Morningstar's sustainability research head tells Ahren Lester.
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Coronavirus stimulus packages 'should be green'
18 March 2020Countries are announcing a string of multi-billion dollar stimulus packages to support their economies amid the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but pressure is building on them to demonstrate a commitment to the green economy.
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Best performing funds of 2019: Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity
18 February 2020Tesla has helped turbocharge the fund's returns, writes Peter Cripps
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Bonds round-up: Nidec, CNP Assurances, Citycon, Ygrene, World Bank, munis ... and others
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A healthy investment opportunity
21 October 2019There is no shortage of opportunities for investors who want to target SDG3 – good health and wellbeing – but measuring impact can be a challenge
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Citigroup, Shell and 3M removed from DJSI World
16 September 2019S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) and RobecoSAM have reviewed the companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and removed Citigroup, Shell and 3M from it. Citigroup remains in the DJSI North America, however.
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'Varying understanding' of SDGs across the globe, says Hermes
23 April 2019The need to be more socially conscious is on the rise across the globe, but driving forces vary between countries, according to Hermes Investment Management.