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    How Might The Cayman Islands Regulate "ESG" In the Context of Investment Funds?

    2022-10-20

    Mondaq: When it comes to tackling global challenges, from climate change to population growth, it's not just activists, politicians and scientists who are seeking to bring about urgent action – the financial services industry also has an important role to play.

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    Billionaire Steve Ballmer Invests $400 Million in Black Fund Managers

    2022-10-19

    BNN Bloomberg: The former Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer, along with his wife Connie, are putting money toward a fund-of-funds strategy with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Fairview Capital, according to a statement on the Ballmer Group’s website. 

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    Engine No. 1 Spoke With Coca-Cola About Plastics Recycling

    2022-10-18

    BNN Bloomberg: Engine No. 1, the investment firm that scored a victory over Exxon Mobil Corp. last year, has spoken with executives at Coca-Cola Co. about plastics recycling, according to a person with knowledge of the firm.

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    ESG Group Takes Aim At Vanguard Over Stewardship

    2022-10-16

    ESG Clarity: A US activist group affiliated has criticised fund giant Vanguard over the company’s stewardship report, which allegedly falls short of meaningful ESG disclosures.

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    Canadian Securities Regulators Consider Impact of International Developments on Proposed Climate-related Disclosure Rule

    2022-10-12

    CSA: The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is actively considering international developments and how they may impact or further inform the proposed climate-related disclosure rule published in October 2021.

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    Buyout Giants Draw More Than 200 Investors to a Key ESG Effort

    2022-10-12

    Yahoo Finance: A year after California Public Employees’ Retirement System and Carlyle Group Inc. started an effort to collect sustainability data on private equity, 215 investors have joined as they seek to determine how it will shape returns moving forward.

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    Regulations and Recession Fears Are Making Managers Rethink ESG

    2022-10-11

    Institutional Investor: Forty-eight percent of asset management CEOs plan to pause or reconsider their ESG efforts over the next six months, according to KPMG’s 2022 U.S. CEO Outlook, which is expected to be published. Thirty-one percent of the CEOs said they had already done so.

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    Brookfield Buys Two US Renewable-Power Firms for $1.54 Billion

    2022-09-29

    BNN Bloomberg: Brookfield Asset Management Inc. acquired two US renewable-power companies -- Scout Clean Energy and Standard Solar -- for a total of $1.54 billion and plans to invest as much as $510 million to further develop those businesses.

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    Former Northern Trust Exec Shundrawn Thomas Launches Private Equity Firm

    2022-09-28

    Investment News: The Chicago-based enterprise is being described as a “private investing firm that partners with founders to provide a distinct combination of growth capital and the support and resources needed to develop scalable, sustainable business models that generate equity and impact.”

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    Asian Women in U.S. Financial Sector See Race and Gender As Career Hurdles

    2022-09-28

    NBC News: Almost 60% of Asian women working in the U.S. financial sector say their race has hindered their careers, particularly at senior levels, according to a study by The Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM) published.

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