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Climate Fund Managers to manage $1.3bn African blended finance energy fund

Climate Fund Managers is to manage a blended finance fund focused on Southern African energy transmission infrastructure, which hopes to raise $1.3 billion.

Netherlands central bank first to carry out LEAP assessment

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Netherlands central bank, has become the first central bank to carry out a LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare) assessment.

Impact bonds to benefit from 'favourable' regulatory landscape in 2024, Insight Investment predicts

Impact bonds should benefit from a "more favourable" interest rate environment in 2024, as the market and regulatory landscape matures, predicted David McNeil, head of responsible investment research at Insight Investment.

ISS to provide anti-ESG proxy voting service to US public pensions

ISS has made proxy voting guidelines available to US public pensions which have been "designed for investors who wish to counter the promotion of ESG ideology by political activists".

2024 seeing a 'wave of optimism' for nature investments, says New Forests

Following difficulties fundraising last year, 2024 has started with a "wave of optimism", New Forests said, as it continues to expand its client base and move into new regions.

Free climate data platform targets more partners as it looks to build coverage

The organisation developing the Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) is seeking to use its partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) as a model for working with regulators and other data organisations as it seeks to boost its coverage.

NBIM excludes three portfolio companies for 'unacceptable' environmental risk

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has removed three companies from its Government Pension Fund Global amid "unacceptable" environmental risk.

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Sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds in 2023 by 'almost 50%', Morgan Stanley finds

Phasing out fossil fuels requires new transition-away products, says Natixis

Innovative financial tools and products are needed to 'transition away' from fossil fuels and exit 'brown' activities, said Natixis CIB.