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What Is Sustainable Finance? That’s a $4 Trillion Question for Investors
Major fund managers, including BlackRock Inc. and Amundi Asset Management, are running into a roadblock as they seek to put more money into emerging-market sustainable investments: a lack of common global definitions that would make it easier to identify what to buy.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: Digital Impact Investing Is Here Now
In an often bleak political epoch, what a ray of light—capital and digital are working in partnership and we are moving the dial on impact.
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- Investing
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Press Release: VisionFund International Raises AUD20M Through Its First Bond in Australia to Help Fund Global Financial Inclusion Initiatives
Offered in Australia to eligible institutional and high net worth investors, the bond is known as a ‘Kangaroo bond’ as it is issued in Australia in Australian dollars by a non-Australian entity. The five-year bond is unsecured and unsubordinated and offers a fixed rate of five per cent per annum, paid semi-annually.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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A 24-Year-Old Is Suing Pension Fund for Not Being Green Enough
The Federal Court battle is shaping up to be a unique test case. Are pension funds in breach of their fiduciary duties by failing to mitigate the financial ravages of a warmer planet?
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- Environment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Big Investors Need to Change the Way They Do Business: A Q&A with the GIIN’s Co-Founder and CEO, Amit Bouri
The overall impact investing market portfolio is now estimated at half a trillion dollars. So how are Asia – and specifically India – shaping up in terms of impact investment growth and development? Smarinita Shetty, co-founder and CEO at India Development Review, asks this and other questions in this interview with Amit Bouri, the CEO and co-founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). Bouri notes that despite several new retail opportunities, it's still not enough to move the needle.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Concordia Vows to Divest From Fossil Fuels, Invest in Sustainable Funds
Concordia University is pledging to withdraw all its investments in the coal, oil and gas industries within five years, making it only the third university in Canada to divest from the fossil fuel sector.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing
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Can Deval Patrick convince voters his work at Bain Capital was a force for good?
As Mitt Romney was solidifying his spot as the front-runner in the 2012 Republican primary, Barack Obama came out with a devastating campaign ad. Romney, an accomplished businessman who cofounded private equity firm Bain Capital in 1984, was running on his ability to resuscitate a struggling economy. One high-profile Obama ally who didn’t join in the Bain bashing was the Massachusetts governor, Deval Patrick.
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- Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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- impact investing
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Perspective: Bridging the two fuels in an economy: energy and finance
An energy revolution is under way. Globally, renewables-based electricity capacity has seen more investments than fossil fuels in the past three years. Yet, many remain wary of investing in renewable energy particularly in developing countries, which have large untapped potential for both solar and wind energy. These are generally perceived as challenging markets in which to operate, especially by risk-averse investors. So, why do clean energy investments continue to be viewed as risky, despite evident trends pointing to the contrary?
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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