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    Actis: Thinking Deep About Measurement

    2019-05

    IPE: More and more, it seems that any investor wishing to be taken seriously about its commitment to impact investing would not want to be seen quibbling about the importance of measurement.

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    The Biggest Plus of ESG? Optics.

    2019-05-16

    Institutional Investor: Forget all those studies about whether ESG strategies have produced better or worse returns. For institutional investors, the main advantage of environmental, social, and governance-oriented investing is that it makes them look good.

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    BMO Sees More Companies Embracing ESG Issues

    2019-05-13

    Pensions & Investments: 2018 was a pivotal year for engaging with companies on environmental, social and governance issues, BMO Global Asset Management reported Monday in its Responsible Investment Annual Review.

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    Legal Framework: The Lay of the Law

    2019-05

    IPE: More than a decade ago, the law firm Freshfields published a landmark report on the relationship between fiduciary duty and the integration of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations in investment policy.

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    Hedge Funds Drag Their Feet When It Comes to ESG

    2019-05-08

    Institutional Investor: Few hedge funds are investing based on environmental, social, and governance factors — but AQR just released a framework for the strategy.

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    Urgency Needed in Infrastructure

    2019-05-07

    Top 1000 FundsIn emerging markets around $2.7 trillion a year is needed in infrastructure investment, he told the Milken Global Conference in April.

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    How Portfolio Companies Build Gender Diversity

    2019-05-03

    Private Equity News: Private equity firms have long had the reputation of being a “boys’ club” and often that reputation extends to the management teams and boards of their portfolio companies.

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    Alignment: Mind the Gap

    2019-05

    IPEThe mission of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is to help improve economic development, and delivering the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is part of that.

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    Public Markets: Hard to Pin Down

    2019-05

    IPE: Impact investing in public markets has become a hot topic of conversations but identifying companies that can address the world’s most formidable challenges and deliver financial returns is a time-consuming and resource-intensive process. 

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    Climate Changes as Firms Heed Investors on Social Issues

    2019-05-01

    The Wall Street Journal: The largest U.S. companies are beginning to pay heed to the demands of investors focused on environmental and social issues, a shift for shareholders long relegated to the sidelines.

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