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Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

Corporate Knights

I first met Moira Hutchinson in 1987 when I was working on the first of my series of books on responsible investment. She was generous with her time and provided a wealth of insight into “ethical investing,” as responsible investing was known then. . Governments create the rules within which markets operate.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Social Focus

Chris Hall

Many African nations have developed strategic road maps for growing and supporting domestic businesses, and implemented policy reforms to encourage foreign investment. In Rwanda, for example, the government and SWF Agaciro Development Fund (ADF) are supporting several innovation hubs.

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Finance for Biodiversity Pledge Secures Nine More Signatories

Chris Hall

The nine new signatories to the pledge were APG, which manages the assets of the Netherlands’ largest pension scheme, Astanor Ventures, Australian Ethical Investment, Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office, LGT Private Banking, Nordis Capital, Oakham Wealth Management, OFI AM , and SLM Partners. .

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Veteran to Helm Impax’s Nordic Strategy

Chris Hall

And he’ll be using two decades of experience in Nordic business development to strengthen Impax’s direct relationships, building on a strategy that has been gaining momentum over the last couple of years. His predecessor, Viktoria von Kunow, will now focus on developing relationships with Impax clients in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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This Week’s People Moves: ESG Lead for Real Assets Appointed by Church Commissioners

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including the Church Commissioners for England, EFRAG, Ninety One, Rathbone Greenbank Investments, Lombard Odier Investment Managers and Epworth Investment Management. The Church Commissioners for England , which manages a £9.2

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This Week’s Fund News: BNPP AM Targets Hydrogen, MedTech

Chris Hall

“We believe it is a great opportunity to help decarbonise the economy by investing in private, low carbon, energy transition infrastructure funds,” said Giovanni D’Alesio, Head of Research at GAM AIS. . Blue Horizon’s investment will go towards upscaling production. “We It is classified as an Article 9 fund under SFDR. “By

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Aegon Gains from ESG Measurement of AMs  

Chris Hall

Investment consultants can be a lot clearer with the language and use less jargon,” he said. Pension funds are massive, influential organisations and lay trustees come in with limited knowledge of the sector, the language and the issues.”