Institutional Asset Manager: BlackRock has announced that a consortium of Limited Partners (LPs) and funds of funds have partnered in an effort to streamline and standardise ESG reporting for private markets.
BNN Bloomberg: Investors in his Voloridge Climate Change and Sustainability funds were told this week that the money would move into the firm’s main pool, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The funds accounted for about 15% of Voloridge Investment Management’s $9.5 billion in total assets, the person said.
BNN Bloomberg: An investment fund launched last year by AQR Capital Management LLC outperformed the vast majority of its peers thanks to a long-short ESG strategy that shuns fossil fuels.
CNN: Stanford University announced Wednesday it is launching a new school later this year focused on climate change and funded by John Doerr, a renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist.
Business Wire: Loomis, Sayles & Company announced today that Colleen Denzler, CFA, has been named the firm’s head of ESG (environmental, social and governance). Colleen, who is based in Boston, will report to David Waldman, chief investment officer.
BNN Bloomberg: The environmental group that authored a key proposal against fossil-fuel financing said pushback from the banks it targeted helped ensure the resolution failed.
Private Equity Wire: TPG, a global alternative asset management firm, has held the final close of TPG Rise Climate, a dedicated climate investing strategy of its global impact investing platform TPG Rise, at $7.3 billion.
Cision: AEA Investors ("AEA"), a leading alternative investment manager specializing in middle market private equity and debt investments, and Amateras Capital ("Amateras"), a women-led investment platform focused on junior capital solutions across private credit and equity, announced a joint venture to leverage the power of female investment and operating talent and expertise to drive value creation and shift the gender paradigm in investing.
BNN Bloomberg: Over the next month or so, corporate executives will find out just how serious BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group and State Street Corp. are about combating the climate crisis.
Institutional Investor: A focus on environmental, social, and governance issues isn’t giving asset managers the leverage to charge higher fees — at least those who invest in U.S. stocks.
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