Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

For investment decisions, we might ask different questions because on the credit side we are typically focused on the downside risk while our equity colleagues are looking at upward potential,” she says. Perhaps we translate the answers differently for investment decisions, but our questions will be very much the same.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

“The investment industry has reached an exciting point where we can contribute to positive societal and environmental change, alongside a focus on financial performance,” said Hari Balkrishna, Portfolio Manager of the fund. The Global Impact Credit fund aims to target durable growing businesses with a clearly identified impact thesis.

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Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2022

The Octopus Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (OSIF) will support new infrastructure projects in the bank’s mandated priority sectors that will contribute to the interim targets of the UK’s transition to net zero. The charity aims to grow its impact allocation to £100 million by the end of 2026. “As

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

It will target a long-biased approach with absolute return trades and active tail risk management to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns with a low correlation to traditional and alternative asset classes, with opportunities promoting net zero and nature-positive transition.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

There is an immediate opportunity to drive positive influence on some of world’s most pressing problems relating to climate change and inequality,” said Rekha Unnithan, Co-head of Private Markets Impact Investing at Nuveen. “We

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

Currently, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “green” investment, which has led to a proliferation of green bonds that are not truly environmentally friendly.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

The net result is that the development sector has not been able to fund enough clean cookstoves — and the necessary education and transition programs — through traditional funding like private donations and government grants. Impact finance can subsidise stove costs, making them more affordable to low-income consumers.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

Graham says at an ASFI event in December the Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a sweeping sustainable finance agenda. The approach is innovative in foreign and climate diplomacy, explains AFSI’s Graham, where 2+2 formats usually involve a defence and foreign minister.

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