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    BNP Paribas Launches Climate Debt Fund

    2023-12-15

    ESG Clarity: BNP Paribas has launched the BNP Paribas Climate Impact Infrastructure Debt, an SFDR Article 9 fund that invests in energy transition projects across Europe.

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    BlackRock, TPG Deal With UAE Finds New Way to Juice ESG Returns

    2023-12-15

    BNN Bloomberg: The United Arab Emirates has agreed to retain a smaller portion of the profits generated by a $30 billion venture involving BlackRock Inc., TPG Inc. and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., in an effort to lure more private money into climate finance deals.

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    Goldman Sachs Closes Climate ETF as Investors Flee ESG

    2023-12-14

    Yahoo Finance: Goldman Sachs, the ETF issuer with $30.6 billion in 41 ETFs, is shuttering a $7.64 million climate equity exchange-traded fund two years after its launch as ESG funds come under regulatory scrutiny and face conservative political backlash.

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    US Regulator Probes Banks' Climate Risk Planning

    2023-12-14

    US News: The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street's accounting for such threats, people familiar with the matter said.

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    UK Watchdog Urges ESG Raters to Adhere to New Code Ahead of Possible Rules

    2023-12-14

    MarketScreener: he code of conduct was drawn up by the International Capital Market Association, a fixed-income trade body, and think-tank International Regulatory Strategy Group, following a request from Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last year.

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    Apollo Launches Clean Transition Private Equity Fund

    2023-12-12

    ESG Clarity: Apollo Global Management is launching a clean transition private equity fund on its Luxembourg-based product platform, as part of the fund manager’s goal of deploying $50bn in clean energy and climate capital by 2027.

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    Renewable Energy Investors Should See Green In Africa

    2023-12-12

    Institutional Investor: There are glass-half-empty and glass-half-full ways to view renewable energy and climate finance in Africa, the second largest and most populous continent.

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    House Panel Subpoenas Vanguard, Arjuna In ESG ‘Collusion’ Probe

    2023-12-11

    CNBC: A House panel subpoenaed The Vanguard Group and Arjuna Capital, the latest step in its yearlong investigation into whether investment funds’ environmental, social and governance policies violate antitrust laws. 

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    ESG Critics Ultimately May Help Improve the Strategies

    2023-12-08

    Institutional Investor: If those on either side of the debate over environmental, social, and governance investments feel thoroughly convinced of their arguments, they should think again.

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    EMs Face Dearth of Private Capital Amid Slow Gains in Transparency

    2023-12-08

    ESG Clarity: Private capital flows to emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), excluding China, have dropped 22% since 2019 despite the ESG market growing 15% to $22trn in 2022 – and $1trn of that invested for positive impact.

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