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Europe Leads Institutional Investors’ Embrace of ESG
Craig Phillips, head of CoreData Research International, said in a statement that while institutional investors increasingly incorporate ESG considerations in their investment processes, "many are at the first level of adoption" and may be restricted by a reliance on in-house capabilities and resources.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- ESG, impact investing
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Does Social Impact Investing Work In Crypto?
The crypto and blockchain sector offers a number of ethical investment choices.
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- Investing
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Do ‘S’ and ‘G’ Really Drive Returns? Investors Lack Confidence in Criteria
While there is growing public awareness around climate change, resource scarcity, social injustice and global population growth, investors have become increasingly focused on only one of the three key criteria attached to socially responsible investing.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: Sustainable Investing Turns Out Not To Be As Popular As The Hype
Millennials are values-driven, environmentally conscious and financially savvy, we are frequently told. And yet a host of recent studies show that millennial money does not always follow their mouths.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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UBS Invests $225M in KKR Global Impact
The UBS fund-raising, from its global private client base, nudges the global wealth management firm closer to a commitment to raise US$5 billion within five years to address the United Nations’ sustainable development goals.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Opportunity Zones: We’re Doing It Wrong
When we look at who will ultimately benefit from the wave of Opportunity Zone investments, the outcome is arguably more weighted towards the financial gain of investors, over the value add for community members.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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BlackRock in Amazon: ‘World’s Largest Investor in Deforestation’
Of the 167 deforestation-risk companies identified by the researchers, BlackRock held shares in 61 of them - valued at $1.5bn by the end of last year.
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- Environment, Investing
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- impact investing
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TPG Lowers Fundraising Goal at Impact Fund After College Scandal
The initial hard cap for the second Rise Fund was $3.5 billion, according to filings, but was lowered in December to $3 billion, Bloomberg reported earlier this year.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing