Elena K. Johansson

Articles by Elena K. Johansson

  • Finance in Motion raises $60.2m for sustainable forestry fund

    23 August 2018

    Impact asset manager Finance in Motion has announced the first close of its Arbaro sustainable forestry fund, having raised $60.2 million.

  • ADIA subsidiary, APG and CalSTRS invest in $1.2bn clean energy fund

    22 August 2018

    Capital Dynamics has announced the final close of its Clean Energy and Infrastructure VII JV LLC (CEI VII) fund, having raised $1.2 billion.

  • Exxon fails to halt shareholders' climate change litigation

    21 August 2018

    ExxonMobil's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it misled investors about the impact of climate change on its business has been denied by a Texas court.

  • People Moves: SUSI Partners and HSBC

    17 August 2018

    Wymen Chan has been hired as managing director by SUSI Partners to lead its investment team in Singapore.

  • First State Super contracts Hermes EOS

    16 August 2018

    One of Australia's largest pension funds, First State Super, has selected Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to provide engagement services in overseas markets.

  • ESG investing outperformed in recent years, say risk analysts

    15 August 2018

    Increasing exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors "often outperforms the market", especially in recent years, according to risk management company Axioma.

  • KKR acquires $530m stake in Indian waste company

    13 August 2018

    Private equity giant KKR has signed a $530 million agreement to acquire a 60% stake in an Indian waste and recycling company from the founder and another existing investor.

  • People moves: AP3, ISS-Oekom, IETA

    10 August 2018

    Mårten Lindeborg, AP3’s CIO and deputy CEO, has passed away. The Swedish buffer fund announced yesterday that Lindeborg died after a short illness

  • Pacific Fonder adds Green World strategy

    10 August 2018

    Swedish active asset manager Pacific Fonder has created a new investment strategy called Green World for its Pacific Multi Asset fund.

  • Report claiming fossil fuel divestment would cost pension funds billions branded 'misleading'

    09 August 2018

    A report commissioned by the petroleum industry that claims US pension funds would stand to lose billions of dollars in returns if they fully divested fossil fuel stocks has been branded “particularly misleading”.