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    TPG's Climate Fund Backs Ambitious US Carbon-Capture Project

    2022-05-12

    Financial Post: Private equity firm TPG Inc.’s climate investing arm and South Korea’s SK E&S are putting $410 million into a company seeking to curb agriculture emissions by building what may be the world’s biggest carbon-capture and storage project.

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    HSBC Launches $1 Billion Lending Fund for Female Entrepreneurs

    2022-05-12

    U.S. News: HSBC Holdings said on it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 months.

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    Female hedge fund managers deliver better results, study shows

    2022-05-11

    Yahoo News: UK hedge funds that are led by women perform slightly better than those led by men, which could be beneficial to the finance industry in the long term, a new study suggests. Britain has the highest proportion of female leaders at hedge funds compared to the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Singapore and Switzerland, according to research from trading platform IG Prime.

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    AQR’s New ESG Fund Tops 94% of Peers by Shunning Fossil Fuels

    2022-05-11

    BNN Bloomberg: An investment fund launched last year by AQR Capital Management LLC outperformed the vast majority of its peers thanks to a long-short ESG strategy that shuns fossil fuels. 

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    Most Pension Plans Don’t Think Net Zero Is Possible

    2022-05-11

    Institutional Investor: Some of the world’s largest institutional investors are still unsure about the prospect of net zero, even as voices arguing for sustainable investing have grown louder.

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    China Assets Blacklisted by Dutch Fund Manager Using New ESG Tool

    2022-05-09

    BNN Bloomberg: A Dutch investment firm with $118 billion under management has started blacklisting a number of assets from China, after developing a new screening tool to catch environmental, social and governance risks.

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    70% of UK Adults Looking to Invest in ESG, According to Big Society Capital Research

    2022-05-09

    Hedge Week: 7/10 of UK adults, with at least one investment outside of their pension, say they would be more likely to choose an investment in a fund or organisation if they knew it was having a positive social or environmental impact, according to research from Big Society Capital.

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    Spanish Unicorn Building VC Sets Up ESG Fund With Iberdrola, Government

    2022-05-06

    BNN Bloomberg: Spain’s Seaya Ventures, which has invested in more unicorns than any other venture capital fund in the country, is raising a new fund focused on the sustainable economy and the energy transition.

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    T. Rowe Price Joins Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative

    2022-05-05

    3BL CSRWire: T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: TROW), today announced it has joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAMI) to support the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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    Hedge Fund Boss Chris Hohn Rips Into Failed ESG Strategies

    2022-05-05

    BNN Bloomberg: Hedge fund boss Chris Hohn slammed ESG fund managers who claim they’re forcing companies to pollute less through so-called engagement strategies. 

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