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Blue Horizon Ventures beats target to close debut food sustainability VC fund on €183m

Sustainable food investment-focused venture capital house Blue Horizon Ventures has hauled in a target-beating €183m for the final close of its first flagship fund.

Goldman Sachs boss says the Spac boom is not ‘sustainable’

Spacs, or blank cheque companies, have surged to unprecedented levels as the pandemic upends markets

AMB :- Nuveen buys European renewable energy fund manager Glennmont

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment manager Nuveen has agreed to acquire Glennmont Partners, one of Europe's largest renewable energy fund managers, to meet increasing global demand for environmentally respons...Article Link

European banks ‘lag significantly’ on ESG disclosures, UBS says

UBS said 'relatively few' EU banks have published reports in line with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

Impax to bolster private equity and infrastructure team

The London-based ESG boutique has hired Sean Maguire, from Norwegian energy producer Statkraft as its managing director

Impax Asset Management brings in renewables veteran Maguire as managing director

Sustainable investment specialist Impax Asset Management has bolstered its private equity and infrastructure operations by bringing in Sean Maguire as a managing director.

Covid-19 has reversed progress on gender diversity: Here’s what we can do

There are practical steps that finance firms can take to address the disproportionate impact of lockdown homeworking on women’s careers

Comment: Time’s up for fund managers who don’t act on climate change

With the UN’s climate conference due in November this year, asset owners will be cracking down on environmental laggards

World Bank to extend euro benchmark curve to 40 years in euro long end fever

World Bank hired banks on Tuesday to lead a new 40 year euro sustainable development bond — the supranational’ s longest ever benchmark in the currency. The deal will be the latest example of public

Chinese banks battle for investor attention

Agricultural Bank of China and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co competed for investor orders on Monday. ABC, the bigger of the two and offering a green bond to the market, got more attention, while SPDB

Bain Capital impact investment arm backs special educations needs student learning business TeachTown

Private equity major Bain Capital's impact investing arm has backed TeachTown, a provider of evidence-based education curriculum software for students with special needs.

NWD cements ESG credentials with sustainability-linked bond debut

New World Development Co printed Asia ex-Japan’s first sustainability-linked bond last week, raising $200m from the transaction. The Hong Kong-based property developer's deputy chief financial officer and its head of sustainability spoke to GlobalCapital Asia

The great divide: How Brexit will impact private equity

The recent UK-EU trade deal will hit many portfolio firms as well as cross-border fundraising and dealmaking

Spain set to make green bond debut in 2021

The Spanish Treasury has announced its funding outlook for the year, including a commitment to launch a green bond programme.

RBI encourages clients to issue/borrow in sustainable formats

Raiffeisen Bank International’s clients are increasingly looking to achieve more sustainable, fairer and more transparent ways of doing business. In this context, RBI maintains a comprehensive dialogue with an ever-increasing pool of clients on sustainable

Foresight reaches interim close of sustainable energy fund at €430m

Swedish pension fund and US investor join fund

Carlyle launches sustainable loan for Siemens gearing carve-out

Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit have launched the buyout funding for Carlyle’s €2bn purchase of Flender, a company making wind turbine gearing, from Siemens. On offer is a €1.045bn term loan 'B' in

Wall Street must speak earlier to defend democracy

Leading US financial institutions were quick to condemn the shocking attacks on the US Capitol on Wednesday — a sign that they are willing to take positions on important social issues, in line with the

Green bankers confident of Taxonomy U-turn

Sustainable finance specialists are optimistic that the European Commission will make a last minute concession on its proposed rules for green buildings when it publishes its final and binding Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, expected

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