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    HSBC Launches New Infrastructure Finance Unit to Pursue Low Carbon Transition Opportunities

    2024-07-17

    ESG Today: Global financial services group HSBC is launching HSBC Infrastructure Finance (HIF), a new business unit aimed at pursuing infrastructure financing and project finance advisory opportunities associated with the transition to a low carbon economy, according to an internal memo by Greg Guyett, HSBC’s CEO of Global Banking and Markets, seen by ESG Today.

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    BlackRock Hires Government Liaison as Texas Pushes Against ESG

    2024-07-15

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. is bolstering its government-relations staff with a new hire in Austin as the money manager fends off criticism from Texas Republicans.

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    60% of Asia Pacific Investors Ready to Pay Premium for High ESG Maturity Targets: KPMG

    2024-07-15

    ESG News: ESG due diligence is becoming a critical priority for Australian dealmakers, mirroring global trends. According to KPMG’s ESG due diligence study, 71% of investors have increased the importance of ESG in their transactions over the last 12 to 18 months.

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    China Property Crash Is Hurting Niche Pocket of ESG Finance

    2024-07-15

    BNN Bloomberg: Chinese developers are issuing far fewer securities tied to climate or social objectives, resulting in only $2.8 billion being raised in Asia Pacific in the first half, data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence show. 

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    EU Markets Watchdog Signals a Hard Line on New ESG Disclosures

    2024-07-05

    BNN Bloomberg: Europe’s financial markets watchdog said companies shouldn’t anticipate that the complexity of new ESG reporting requirements will excuse sloppy disclosures.

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    UK Pension Funds and Insurers Favour Renewable Energy

    2024-07-05

    Funds Europe: UK pension funds and insurers are showing a strong preference for diversification across renewable energy technologies, according to a survey.

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    BlackRock Launches Global Real Estate ESG ETF

    2024-07-04

    ESG News: BlackRock has introduced the iShares Global Real Estate Environmental Tilt UCITS ETF, a pioneering exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into global real estate investments.

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    Over 90% of US Companies Plan to Increase Reporting Efforts on SEC’s Final Climate Rule

    2024-07-04

    PA Future: More than 90% of US companies plan to increase reporting emphasis on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final climate rule despite legal challenges, according to results from the latest research from Persefoni in conjunction with the Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF).

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    Deutsche Bank Issues Inaugural €500 Million Social Bond

    2024-07-04

    ESG Today: Deutsche Bank announced that it has raised €500 million through its first-ever social bond offering, with proceeds aimed at supporting the bank’s sustainable asset pool which provides financing for areas including affordable housing, and access to essential services for elderly or vulnerable people.

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    Do ESG Factors Help or Hurt Private Fund Returns? A New Report Has an Answer

    2024-07-03

    Institutional Investor: In the often dogmatic debate over whether using environmental, social, and governance factors helps or hurts investment returns, neither side is going to cheer the findings of a recent Preqin report: ESG didn’t matter.

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