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PE firm Palatine exceeds target for impact fund
19 September 2017UK private equity firm Palatine has closed its first 'impact' fund, having raised £100 million ($135 million), some £25 million more than its initial target.
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'Climate-aligned' bond market jumps 29%, says CBI
18 September 2017The universe of 'climate aligned' bonds has jumped by 29% since last year, reaching $895 billion, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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HLEG - where are we now and what's next?
18 September 2017The following is an abbreviated version of a speech given by Aviva Investors' Steve Waygood at Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Equities conference
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UK bids to consolidate 'leadership' in green finance
18 September 2017The UK government has announced a taskforce of senior financiers to help accelerate the growth of green finance – a field in which it claims the UK already enjoys global leadership.
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Aviva hits out at London's plans to woo Saudi Aramco
18 September 2017Aviva Investors has joined the chorus of investors urging the UK not to weaken its governance laws to attract the $2 trillion initial public offering of oil giant Saudi Aramco.
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Impax to acquire sustainable investment firm Pax
18 September 2017UK-based asset manager Impax is to acquire US firm Pax World Management, for an initial sum of $52.5 million, to grow its sustainable investment portfolio.
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Don't use legal risk as an excuse not to report under TCFD, says Picot
15 September 2017Fear of legal action should not be used as an excuse for companies to refuse to report their climate risks, according to Russell Picot, a special advisor to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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People Moves: B&CE, MSCI, Liontrust, Sarasin
15 September 2017Nico Aspinall has been appointed chief investment officer at UK not-for-profit firm B&CE.
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Green bond round-up, 13 September 2017
13 September 2017Canada's Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank has doubled the size of its latest green bond transaction to $1 billion, after demand swelled to more than $2 billion.
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Folksam buys more green bonds and doubles investment target
13 September 2017Sweden's Folksam has acquired $350 million of green bonds from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank.