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    SEC Chair Pushing for Greater Transparency Around ESG Funds

    2022-03-03

    Axios: Gensler doesn't oppose funds whose strategies include a focus on environmental, social and governance issues. But he does want ways to measure and verify that funds are using ESG as more than a buzzword to attract investment.

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    Blue Owl Capital Hires Machal Karim as Head of ESG

    2022-03-02

    Cision: Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl") (NYSE: OWL), a leading alternative asset manager, has hired Machal Karim as Head of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG), effective immediately.

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    PSP Investments Announces Inaugural Green Bond Issuance

    2022-02-28

    Cision: The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, issued a C$1.0 billion 10-year Green Bond on February 25, 2022, under the PSP Investments Green Bond Framework, released earlier this month.

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    Apollo Targets $50 Bln in Sustainable Investments with New Platform

    2022-02-24

    Nasdaq: Apollo Global Management Inc APO.N, a manager of alternative assets, launched a sustainable investing platform, targeting the deployment of $50 billion in decarbonization and energy transition opportunities over the next five years.

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    Blackstone Swears Off Oil-Patch Investing as Private Equity’s Retreat Widens

    2022-02-22

    BNN Bloomberg: After watching big banks curtail lending and asset managers pare bets, fossil fuel producers are now losing access to some of Wall Street’s deepest pockets.

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    NYS Common Fund Imposes Strict Diversity Rules for Companies in Its Portfolio

    2022-02-16

    Institutional Investor: The New York State Common Retirement Fund is increasing its efforts to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion into the proxy voting process. 

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    Canada’s Biggest Bank Faces Shareholder Vote on Climate Standards

    2022-02-16

    Yahoo Finance: Royal Bank of Canada shareholders will vote on whether the bank should tighten its standards for sustainable finance, action inspired by a 2021 pipeline financing deal that was criticized for greenwashing and general concern over lax standards for so-called sustainability-linked debt.

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    Private Equity’s Dirty Dozen: the 12 US Firms Funding Dirty Energy Projects

    2022-02-15

    The Guardian: American private equity tycoons are profiteering from the global climate crisis by investing in fossil fuels that are driving greenhouse gas emissions, a new investigation reveals.

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    BlackRock’s Larry Fink Meets Big Oil and Its Foes to Navigate Climate Fight

    2022-02-08

    BNN Bloomberg: Facing an uprising from fossil-fuel interests on the right and advocates fighting carbon emissions on the left, Larry Fink is making a personal effort to manage climate-change politics.

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    State Street Partners with Black-Owned Businesses to Underwrite $1.5 Billion of Senior Unsecured Debt

    2022-02-07

    State Street: State Street Corporation announced that it has issued an aggregate of $1.5 billion of senior unsecured debt. The offering, which closed today, was structured in keeping with State Street’s ongoing inclusion, diversity and equity efforts, with Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC and Loop Capital Markets LLC acting as bookrunners, and CastleOak Securities, L.P. and Blaylock Van, LLC acting as co-managers.

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