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Private Equity in Senegal Gets Jump-Start With State-Backed Fund
The fund will target mid-sized companies in industries spanning from agriculture to healthcare by providing mezzanine finance, which is typically a combination of debt and equity.
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Study: Investors Want ESG, but Advisors Are the Missing Link
“Financial professionals have a huge opportunity in front of them to proactively discuss ESG investing with clients,’ said Todd Hedtke, chief investment officer for Allianz Investment Management, in a statement. “It’s important to work with them to identify what issues are important and help them build their portfolio in a way that reflects their values.”
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- North America
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Filling Critical Gaps, a Foundation Looks to Realize the Promise of Opportunity Zones
In March, Kresge committed $22 million of that to backing two established fund managers—Boston-based Arctaris and Ft. Lauderdale-based Community Capital Management (CCM)—to anchor their Opportunity Zone Funds. Together, the fund managers are expecting to raise and deploy more than $800 million in zones nationally.
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- Investing
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Apollo Jumps Into Impact Investing With Plan to Raise $1 Billion
Alternative asset managers are starting funds devoted to meeting environmental, social and governance targets as they seek to gather a steady stream of fees and diversify offerings for investors as demand grows.
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Rhino Bonds: Can Big Finance Really Save Big Beasts?
Since the 1970s, the population of black rhinos, primarily found in South Africa, has plummeted from 65,000 to just 5,500 due to poaching driven by demand from China and Vietnam for rhino horn.
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- Environment, Investing
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Venture Capital Funds Led by People of Color Face More Bias the Better They Perform, Stanford Researchers Find
In their evaluations of high-performing venture capital funds, professional investors rate white-led teams more favorably than they do black-led teams with identical credentials, a new Stanford study finds.
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Investors Embrace ESG Investing but Don’t Target Gun Stocks
Several large banks last year limited financing for gun makers and retailers, but the move had little impact on an industry whose many small manufacturers are able to tap other sources of credit.
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- Investing
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The Surprising Leader In The Impact Investing Boom: Debt
This article seeks to provide emerging and seasoned private debt impact investors with a framework for impact provisions in loan agreements.
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- Investing
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