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  • Biodiversity funds underperform benchmarks in 2023

    29 February 2024

    The growing universe of biodiversity funds generally posted positive returns in 2023, but active funds lagged their benchmarks. Genevieve Redgrave reports.

  • Biodiversity funds top $1 billion for first time

    27 February 2024

    Biodiversity fund assets topped $1 billion for the first time in 2023, but the majority of funds in the universe remain small.

  • Three new biodiversity funds launched in Q4

    20 February 2024

    Three new biodiversity funds were launched in the final quarter of 2023, taking total number to 19, according to research conducted by Environmental Finance.

  • Ocean data even further behind biodiversity data, says investor

    02 November 2023

    Ocean data is further behind than terrestrial biodiversity data, and challenges remain on the trustworthiness of company disclosures, a marine investor said.

  • Biodiversity funding database FIRE prepares for launch

    02 June 2023

    An online tool to ease access to funding resources for biodiversity projects, from sources including investors, is about to be launched by UN Development Programme.

  • There is already ample natural capital data, says TNFD

    02 May 2023

    There is already enough data on natural capital for investors to meaningfully engage on the subject, a spokesperson for the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures claimed.

  • The impact of listed equities biodiversity funds

    01 May 2023

    As more capital flows to biodiversity-themed listed equities funds, Thomas Cox asks whether it is possible for the strategies to have a positive impact on nature

  • Karner: Listed firms can lead us from biodiversity precipice

    26 April 2023

    Investments in listed companies are needed to help steer the planet away from biodiversity crisis, Karner Blue Capital (KBC) has said.

  • HSBC: Biodiversity investing in its 'infancy'

    20 February 2023

    Biodiversity-related investing is "in its infancy" with only a "limited" number of relevant investment products available to investors, an executive at HSBC Asset Management has said.

  • EU regulation will reward companies with positive forestry credentials, says investor

    23 January 2023

    Deforestation will be a defining issue this year for investors, driven by forthcoming EU regulation, impact investor Karner Blue Capital has said.