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    SEC Chair Pushing for Greater Transparency Around ESG Funds

    2022-03-03

    Axios: Gensler doesn't oppose funds whose strategies include a focus on environmental, social and governance issues. But he does want ways to measure and verify that funds are using ESG as more than a buzzword to attract investment.

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    UK’s Impact Investment Market Worth £58bn

    2022-03-03

    Funds Europe: New research by the Impact Investing Institute has revealed the first estimate of the total size of the UK’s impact investment market.

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    Blue Owl Capital Hires Machal Karim as Head of ESG

    2022-03-02

    Cision: Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl") (NYSE: OWL), a leading alternative asset manager, has hired Machal Karim as Head of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG), effective immediately.

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    Women Have Made Inroads on Boards — But Progress Stops There

    2022-02-28

    Institutional Investor: In a recent study, index provider MSCI found that while women have started to take a fair share of board seats in companies with established diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, they are still far less present in the C-suite and the general workforce.

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    PSP Investments Announces Inaugural Green Bond Issuance

    2022-02-28

    Cision: The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, issued a C$1.0 billion 10-year Green Bond on February 25, 2022, under the PSP Investments Green Bond Framework, released earlier this month.

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    SBAI Brings Together Industry Organisations to Tackle Diversity

    2022-02-28

    Hedge Week: The SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, has created a forum of alternative investment industry organisations committed to addressing diversity in the alternatives industry.

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    Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Asks Tough Questions of ESG

    2022-02-25

    Evening Standard: Companies involved in the defence industry have recently found themselves shunned by many investors who seek to wear the ESG badge, which signifies investments do right by the environment, society and have high governance standards.

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    Apollo Targets $50 Bln in Sustainable Investments with New Platform

    2022-02-24

    Nasdaq: Apollo Global Management Inc APO.N, a manager of alternative assets, launched a sustainable investing platform, targeting the deployment of $50 billion in decarbonization and energy transition opportunities over the next five years.

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    Male Investors More Skeptical of ESG Than Women in New Study

    2022-02-24

    BNN Bloomberg: A study of investor preferences in Denmark has revealed that women are more willing than men to sacrifice returns to uphold environmental, social and governance goals.

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    Macquarie Challenged to Square its ESG Commitment with Private-airport Ownership

    2022-02-24

    Funds Europe: Macquarie Asset Management is facing mounting pressure from campaigners over noise, emissions and air pollution at a UK private airport owned by one of the firm’s infrastructure funds.

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