AMB :- Deloitte: ESG-mandated assets on pace to account for 50% of all professionally managed assets by 2025

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US has often lagged behind other jurisdictions in terms of its appetite for ESG investments, but that may be changing. A new report from Deloitte suggests that the number

Skype co-founder’s venture capital firm raises $820m for latest fund

Atomico was set up in 2006 by chief executive officer Niklas Zennström

Financial Institution Developments

Posted by Edward D. Herlihy and Richard K. Kim, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Monday, February 17, 2020 Editor's Note: Edward D. Herlihy and Richard K. Kim are partners at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &

How the resignation of Angela Merkel’s heir apparent could benefit the German economy

The German economy could benefit from this surprise announcement, if it signals the end of the years of indecisiveness at the top

Property of the Week: A £30m Surrey home fit for world leaders

Architectural accolades and illustrious owners are part of the history of this country estate 25 miles from London

KKR closes its global impact fund at $1.3bn

KKR Global Impact will invest in the lower mid-market across the Americas, Europe and Asia

Longfor nets $606m from top-up, stock nosedives

Chinese property developer Longfor Group Holdings tapped equity investors for HK$4.7bn ($606.3m) through a top-up placement on Tuesday.

China Resources Mixc eyes top pricing

China Resources Mixc Lifestyle Services, the property management business of state-owned developer China Resources Land, is set to price its HK$12.3bn ($1.58bn) Hong Kong IPO at the top end of guidance.

ICR launches ESG due diligence services to help private equity and venture capital firms assess ESG risk for portfolio company investments

Opalesque Industry Update - ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, today announced the launch of ICR ESG Diagnostics, a comprehensive Environmental, Social Governance analysis to help private equity and venture capital firms identify

Luxembourg plans first European sovereign sustainable bond

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has become the first European country to publish a sustainability bond framework and has mandated banks to prepare a debut deal in the format.

Investors back Germany’s ‘twin bond’ green innovation

Germany received overwhelming support for its debut green bond on Wednesday, which was sold via syndication and twinned with a conventional Bund of the same maturity and coupon in what it is a brand new

DBS gets CSRC nod for China securities JV

Singapore’s DBS has become the latest foreign bank to receive approval for a majority-owned securities joint venture (JV) in China, as the country continues to open up its financial markets.

Critical hedge fund sees better way to do ESG

Environmental, social and governance investors have been patting themselves on the back this year because their funds have tended to outperform during the coronavirus crisis. But a San Francisco hedge fund believes they are doing

Deutsche sees investors’ interest in ESG fading

A survey by Deutsche Bank this week challenged the consensus that investors' interest in environmental, social and governance funds has been intensified by the coronavirus crisis. On the contrary, it argues: appetite has weakened.

ThyssenKrupp Elevator sees monster demand, paves the way for LBO lift-off

The huge demand seen for ThyssenKrupp Elevator’s buyout financing, the largest bridge loan left on banks’ books through the Covid-19 crisis, should reassure credit committees and capital markets operators that the LBO market is wide

Property of the Week: An east London Victorian house for £1.65m

A glass roof in the 19th-century terrace house means there’s lots of natural light

MasMovil bookrunners derisk bond deal with boost to loan

Banks backing Cinven, KKR and Providence’s take-private of MasMovil have boosted the size of the euro loan tranche in the market this week by €500m, cutting down the planned bond which will fund the remainder

Issuers turn to sustainable covereds amid uncertainty

Syndicate bankers are scrambling to make sense of the covered bond market, where sentiment has been changeable in recent weeks. Amid volatility and small issuance windows, sustainable bonds have proven a safe strategy to ensure

TD Securities hires from Cicero for sustainable finance team

TD Securities has hired Sophie Dejonckheere as a director in its sustainable finance team in London.

AMB :- Australian asset manager Perpetual acquires Boston ESG specialist Trillium

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Boston-based Environmental-social-governance (ESG) equity and fixed-income money manager Trillium Asset Management agreed to be acquired by Australian-based Perpetual Ltd. Perpetual will purch...Article Link

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