Michael Hurley

• Book review: Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change by Sir Ronald Cohen

  20 August 2020

  Impact is a lucid overview of the nascent impact investing 'revolution', written by one of the movement's founders, says Michael Hurley

  

• Impact investors should aim for explicit integration of human rights - report

  18 August 2020

  Human rights should be more explicitly integrated in the investment decision-making process of impact investment funds, according to a report prepared for the European Parliament.

• Canada 'transition' taxonomy delayed

  18 August 2020

  Canada's taxonomy of 'transition'-aligned economic activities, initially scheduled to be launched next month, has been delayed after it failed to secure the necessary level of support, Environmental Finance has learned.

• Two Sigma creates impact arm to invest in 'jobs of tomorrow'

  14 August 2020

  $60 billion hedge fund manager Two Sigma has created an impact arm to invest in companies it calculates can drive significant long-term growth in jobs in the consumer, business services, education and healthcare sectors.

• Increase access to financial services to cut racial inequality, investors told

  13 August 2020

  Investing to increase access to financial services among 'people of colour' is perhaps the most important thing investors can do to reduce racial inequality in the US, according to a report by Cornerstone Capital.

• $100m raised for oceans and seafood impact fund

  12 August 2020

  S2G Ventures has launched a fund with about $100 million in commitments to invest in alternative food sources from the world's oceans.

• GIIN publishes Covid-19 guidance for impact investors

  10 August 2020

  The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has published guidance to help impact investors understand how they can best support their investees and enterprises through the coronavirus crisis.

• Family offices and impact investing

  06 August 2020

  Is a rush of family office-managed private wealth into impact investments inevitable, asks Michael Hurley

  

• Biotech impact fund achieves $265m first close

  22 July 2020

  An 'impact medicine fund' targeting investments in novel treatments for diseases that have until now been underserved has raised $265 million at first close.

• Danish pension fund commits $50m to Nuveen impact strategy

  22 July 2020

  Nuveen has raised $150 million at first close of its private equity Global Impact Strategy, including $50 million from Denmark's Velliv.