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    Esma ESG Rules Prompt Fund Name Changes

    2025-06-27

    Funds Europe: The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (Esma) new ESG fund naming guidelines have led to rebranding, particularly among passive funds, though most strategies have remained intact, according to data provider Morningstar.

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    Euro Regs Consult On ESG Stress Tests

    2025-06-26

    Investment Executive: Europe’s financial regulators are consulting on a common approach to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into stress testing across the financial sector.

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    Greenbelt Capital’s $1 Billion Fund Fuels Energy Transition

    2025-06-25

    OneStop ESG: Greenbelt Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Austin, Texas, has just sealed a massive $1 billion for its first-ever fund, Greenbelt Capital Partners III, hitting its hard cap and blowing past its original $750 million goal.

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    EU Member States Agree on Bigger Cuts to Sustainability Reporting, Due Diligence Than Omnibus Proposal

    2025-06-24

    ESG Today: The European Council announced an agreement by EU member states on the Council’s negotiating position on the Omnibus proposal to simplify and reduce sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies.

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    Companies are Recalibrating ESG Strategies in Response to US Policy Shifts: Report

    2025-06-24

    ESG Dive: U.S. policy has changed swiftly on climate, energy and ESG issues since Trump took office. The administration has prioritized fossil fuel production and infrastructure expansion while scaling back Environmental Protection Agency oversight and reducing federal support for renewable energy, among other shifts, the report noted.

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    Morgan Stanley Climate Fund Invests $30 Million in Methane Emissions Management Platform Insight M

    2025-06-23

    ESG Today: Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced that it has invested $30 million in energy sector-focused methane management solutions provider Insight M, leading a growth equity funding round in the company.

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    Eni Sells 20% of Plenitude to Ares for $2.3 Billion in Renewables

    2025-06-23

    ESG News: Italian energy giant Eni has sold a 20% stake in its retail and renewables arm, Plenitude, to U.S. alternative investment firm Ares Management Corp. for approximately €2 billion ($2.3 billion).

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    War, Oil and Uncertainty Drive Investor Shift

    2025-06-23

    Funds Europe: Tensions between Israel and Iran are sending shockwaves through global markets. Investors are growing more cautious, closely watching oil-driven inflation, shifting safe-haven flows and uncertainty around central bank decisions.

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    New Tool to Challenge Greenwashing Claims Goes Live as Companies Weigh Strategy

    2025-06-22

    BNN Bloomberg: It’s been a year now since a new law took effect that requires companies to back up their environmental claims, but there’s still a lot of unknowns about how the anti-greenwashing rules will play out.

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    ESG Ucits AuM to Hit €11 Trillion by 2028

    2025-06-19

    Funds Europe: EU ESG Ucits funds are projected to top €11 trillion in assets by 2028, accounting for over 80% of total Ucits assets under management (AuM), according to a report from PwC Luxembourg.

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