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M&G Fuels Impact M&A Trend

Chris Hall

UK manager’s Swiss acquisition strengthens impact investing ambitions. London-based M&G has become the latest large investment group to burnish its sustainable investment credentials by taking a position in a specialist impact investment firm. billion of assets under management.

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Climate Emergency Risks Stranding Women

Chris Hall

These types of funds made up 9% of fund votes on assessed shareholder proposals filed at US-based companies between 2003 to 2018. In 2019, just 15% of the US$16.9 billion in climate-related venture capital funding went to start-ups with at least one female founder, BCG said.