Madeleine Jenkins

People Moves 23rd Dec: BlueBay, ISSB, MJ Hudson and more...

Phenix Capital: 'Emerging markets still not a big presence in public equity impact funds'

Emerging markets account for less than 2% of total capital commitments from public equities-focused impact funds, an impact investment consultant has found.

BlueOrchard: blended finance needed to solve inequality, 'the greatest threat to humanity'

Impact investor BlueOrchard called for greater "cross-sector collaboration" between the public and private sectors to help tackle inequality, which it branded "the greatest threat to humanity".

EG Capital invests in Africa impact fund

ABP sets target to invest €30bn in energy transition

Dutch pension fund ABP has set a target to invest €30 billion ($32 billion) in the climate transition, as it bids to reduce its carbon footprint across its entire global investment portfolio by 50% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels.

People Moves 16 December: EFRAG, Chronos and Tikehau

BlueMark launches impact verification framework to fill 'critical' data gap

BlueMark has published an external verification framework to assess the completeness and reliability of fund managers' impact reports.

100 largest ESG funds beat benchmark by 1% in 2022, Opimas says

The world's 100 largest environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed funds outperformed their benchmark indexes by an "impressive" average of 1.1% over 12 months, according to research by Opimas.

Bond round-up: Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, SMBC, Banco Internacional Ecuador... and more

COP15: $24trn investor group calls for agreement on Global Biodiversity Framework

150 financial institutions representing over $24 trillion in assets under management have called on countries to adopt a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15).