ESG Today

MARCH 21, 2024

Jenny Sofian, Chief Executive Officer, Fullerton Fund Management said: “With the acceleration of the decarbonisation roadmap in Asia, we are at an inflexion point where the fight against climate change coincides with the emergence of very compelling growth areas in private equity.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

On the capital project side, the funds can be used for investments in water, sewer, broadband infrastructure and parks and recreation beautification. Recipients of ARPA funds must obligate the funds by Dec. 31, 2024, and spend the funds by Dec. How can we ensure ARPA funds are spent on time to avoid having to return them?

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2023

created the Walgreen Benefit Fund when he donated 2,500 shares of Walgreens stock to assist team members and retirees in dire financial need due to hardship. In fiscal year 2023, the Walgreen Benefit Fund gave out $2.7 The Fund also provided her with an additional financial hardship grant to secure a new apartment. Walgreen Sr.,

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2024

A group of mission-aligned investors is pooling philanthropic capital to provide early, flexible capital to help first-time managers launch funds to finance employee-ownership. The post Wanted: First-time fund managers with strategies to ‘Unlock Ownership’ in underserved communities appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Private fund investments tend to attract the most attention – including in. The post After the investment and before the exit, how fund managers drive alpha through impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Feb. 7 – Impact first, last – and in between.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2022

Industry’s first publicly available, searchable resource of impact investing fund managers zeroes in on some of the industry’s most impactful managers.?. This year marks the eleventh edition of the IA 50, which now includes the IA 50 Emerging Impact Managers list and IA 50 Emeritus Impact Managers list.

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Environmental Finance

MARCH 5, 2024

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

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The post Tapping the creativity of local fund managers to scale small business finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Small businesses are the growth engine for inclusive and resilient development in Africa. Yet the $330 billion annual financing gap remains stubbornly sticky.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 5, 2024

Melville Rodrigues, Head of Real Assets Advisory at Apex Group, welcomes the UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and calls for UK-EU coherence on fund regulation. This new regime establishes labelling and disclosure rules to govern the way in which funds may be marketed with regard to their sustainable or impact credentials.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But within 18 months it was caught in the “missing middle” funding gap, a challenge faced by small and growing businesses that are too big for microfinance and too small or risky for traditional bank lending. In brief, we don’t just fund — we’re partners at every step.” Part of the answer relates to fund economics.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 3, 2024

As more investment firms launch impact funds, it has become increasingly difficult for institutional allocators to identify the most qualified fund managers to. The post Seven red flags institutional investors should avoid when evaluating impact fund managers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

African-based investment fund managers face an uphill battle to secure the capital they need to invest in home-grown enterprises. The task is especially difficult for those fund managers who prioritise social impact as a key part of their investment strategies. We’ll explore some of their key insights in this article.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

17 – The Dutch fund manager reached a first close towards a $1 billion target for Climate Investor Two, its second blended. The post Climate Fund Managers raises $675 million for green blended finance fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Nov.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Sustainability disclosure and client demand is fundamentally changing how fund management teams operate. SFDR has had more of an impact than any other regulatory-driven change asset managers have seen in recent years. Adjusting to fund labelling is no easy feat. Here's how. Firms Respond.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The NT Global Bond ESG Climate Index Fund and the NT Global 1-5 Years Bond ESG Climate Index Funds target issuers that the portfolio managers believe are better positioned to manage financially material environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) risks and a transition to a low carbon economy. DE 255 598 976.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Impact-aligned fund compensation and fees. The post The Liist, December 2023: Fund managers walk the talk on impact fund strategy and structure appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, December 5 – Women investing in women. Africans investing in Africa. This month’s Liist of actively raising.

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ESG Today

MARCH 9, 2023

TD Asset Management (TDAM) announced today the launch of its first actively managed ESG-related fixed income product, the TD North American Sustainability Bond Fund, designed to earn current income for investors, following a socially responsible approach to investing.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 17, 2023

Featured: Impact Management 10 fund managers that are outperforming – in managing impact. Some fund managers link staff incentives to impact. Greetings, Agents of Impact!

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Environmental Finance

APRIL 4, 2024

Many of the biodiversity funds currently on the market are greenwashing, Lester Asset Management said, predicting strong demand for pure-play funds such as the one it recently launched.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 8, 2024

ImpactAlpha, January 8 — Bridges Fund Management acquired a “significant minority stake” in AgilityEco in 2019 to accelerate residential adoption of heat pumps. The post Bridges Fund Management sells stake in UK energy retrofitter AgilityEco appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The post Embrace the rainbow: The investment case for LGBT fund managers and startups appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Adaptability and innovation are a recipe for success in the dynamic world of entrepreneurship. For LGBT folks, these two words are deeply ingrained.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

Global alternative asset firm TPG announced the launch of TPG Next, a new fund aimed at investing in underrepresented alternative asset managers. The new fund is being launched with a $500 million commitment from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS).

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ESG Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

Swiss Life Asset Managers announced today the launch of Fontavis ESG Renewable Infrastructure Fund II, its fourth clean energy-focused fund, and second to invest globally. The fund builds on the success of the predecessor fund while adapting to the everchanging market environments.”.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 9, 2024

ImpactAlpha, January 9 — Climate tech deals may have taken a steep 30% drop last year, but the climate funds keep on coming. The post European and Canadian climate tech fund managers buck the VC downturn appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 16, 2023

ImpactAlpha, May 16 – Some fund managers link staff incentives to impact results. The post 10 fund managers that are outperforming – in managing impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Others verify outcomes with target stakeholders. Many regularly assess impact risk.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 6, 2023

ImpactAlpha, December 6 – Mastercard Foundation’s Africa Growth Fund has allocated $200 million for investment managers supporting economic opportunities for women and youth. The post Emerging fund managers score nearly $30 million for Africa’s small businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2022

ImpactAlpha, December 8 – Whether and how impact fund managers should tie a portion of their compensation to the achievement of specific impact. The post Tying fund managers’ compensation to impact performance is easier said than done appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 4, 2024

The post More impact fund managers tie their compensation to impact along with financial performance appeared first on ImpactAlpha. This is the first article for ImpactAlpha about the Impact Linked Compensation Project, a research initiative exploring impact-linked compensation mechanisms, yardsticks and governance.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 25, 2022

based impact venture capital fund. The post How one fund manager tech’ed up its data management in search of impact alpha appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 25 – SJF Ventures believed better, faster and smarter impact data could set them apart. The Durham, N.C.-based

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Impact Alpha

JULY 10, 2023

The post The Brief: Steering global impact, diverse fund managers, aquaculture unicorn, battery recycling, chief impact officers appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: National Advisory Boards The Global Steering Group looks to mobilize capital and build impact ecosystems. In Turkiye, the.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The post Blk Grvty secures $1 million from Surdna Foundation to back underrepresented fund managers appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, February 6 — Blk Grvty has received a $1 million commitment from Surdna Foundation for its Equipped initiative, which is looking to.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 8, 2020

Family offices, endowments, foundations and their investment consultants are letting structural barriers and implicit biases get in the way of opportunities for innovation, impact, and yes, alpha, by overlooking funds run by women and people of color.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Spanish insurance company MAPFRE Group’s investment business MAPFRE Asset Management (MAPFRE AM) announced today that it has increased its holdings in French ESG specialist mutual fund boutique La Financière Responsable (LFR) to 51%, with the acquisition of a new 26% equity stake in the firm.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The post These fund managers are putting climate + gender strategies into action appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, November 14 – It’s early days, but investors are waking up to the outsized impact potential of investing at the intersection of.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 5, 2024

Women running companies and asset management firms continue to raise less than 2% of total invested capital. The post The Liist, March 2024: Every day is International Women’s Day for female fund managers driving climate solutions appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Nevertheless, they persist. This month’s Liist.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The post Radical Ventures plants $9 million in seed funding for ranch management appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, November 10 — Billings, Montana-based Enriched Ag uses machine-learning to help U.S. ranchers reduce emissions, improve soil health and generate revenues from.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 16, 2024

The post From funds to managers to enterprises, some investors are aligning incentives for impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, January 16 – Nearly all of the actual impact in impact investments comes from the ground up. If it makes sense to.

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