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Baltic-based INVL eyes up to €200m for second sustainable timber, farmland fundraise

Baltic private equity house INVL Asset Management is looking to raise up to €200m for its latest sustainable timber and farmland fund.

UK’s audit watchdog urges companies to come clean on impact of climate change

Companies would have to report on the financial impacts of climate change on their businesses within the next five years

Hedge funds continued to outperfrom the global equity market under market risk-off environment

Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 0.16% in October 2020, outperforming the global equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local), which lost 2.29% over the same period. Global

Schroders impact arm launches $350m-targeting frontier market Covid support fund

Schroders Group impact investor BlueOrchard Finance has launched a $350m-targeting fund looking to support frontier market small and micro-businesses struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Blackstone brings in ex-LaSalle exec Duchon as first global head of real estate ESG

Blackstone has hired former LaSalle senior exec Eric Duchon in the newly created role of global head of real estate ESG.

German resilience helps DACH region towards record PE deal value total despite Covid-19 volatility

German resilience is helping the DACH region power towards its highest annual private equity deal value total for a decade despite the bruising impact of the coronavirus pandemic on firms across the globe.

Ms. Foundation for Women shifts to impact investments

The foundation’s intention is to invest $1m in PRIs during the next five to six years, recycling capital that is returned over multiple decades

Cooler Future picks up €1.4m to build out climate change-aware investment app

Climate impact investing app developer Cooler Future has picked up €1.4m of funding from venture capital house Lifeline Ventures and a string of angel investors.

Why Wall Street feels it has little to fear from a Biden victory

Private equity executives may be worried, but ESG investing in America would be set to benefit

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Pensions raise concerns over the pandemic, US elections

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Pension plan sponsors are worried about how the pandemic and the upcoming election will ultimately impact their retirement plans, according to new data from pension consultant NEPC. Rec...Article Link

Opalesque Exclusive: Pensions raise concerns over the pandemic, US elections

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Pension plan sponsors are worried about how the pandemic and the upcoming election will ultimately impact their retirement plans, according to new data from pension consultant NEPC. Recent volatility in

Lobby group for Black women urges firms to ‘go beyond solidarity statements’

The 300-strong group calls asset managers to build an anti-racist portfolio, divesting from companies that benefit from business models that perpetuate racial inequities

London finance job vacancies tumble 54% on Covid and Brexit concerns

'Businesses and job seekers are struggling with the impact of the pandemic and worried about what a second wave will mean, but we also can’t forget about Brexit,' said Morgan McKinley

Jon Moulton warns of Brexit impact on private equity

As the private equity veteran prepares to bow out, he talks about some of the highs and lows of his 40-plus years in the industry

A new push for diversity in funding tech start-ups

The idea: Tech entrepreneurs of colour get venture and angel money from investors of colour

Banks ride record $155bn green and sustainable finance surge

As investment banks establish new teams in this area, issuance has reached all-time highs

Averna acquires ClimateCare

Averna has taken a majority stake in environmental consultancy ClimateCare.

EQT hires top Microsoft dealmaker to lead new growth arm

Marc Brown joins as partner and head of EQT Growth to explore opportunities between VC and PE in areas such as B2B technology, healthtech, impact technology and consumer tech

Private equity makes limited progress on ESG promises

Some 63% of British buyout firms say they have taken ESG into account in their businesses, but only 29% of them publicly disclose their policies and progress in this area

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