SINGAPORE, Dec 7 (Reuters) – U.S. investment firm KKR & Co (KKR.N) is looking to raise up to $7 billion for its first global climate fund that seeks to invest in energy…
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Misplaced Enthusiasm about a BRICS Currency
Toronto, Atlanta (10/11 – 50) As recently as the early 1980s, central bankers around the world could be heard moaning and groaning about having to hold physical gold reserves to…
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Green Investing: Global Sustainable Fund Inflow Declines Sharply in Second Quarter to US$18 Billion: Morningstar
Global investment in sustainable funds plummeted more than 40 per cent in the second quarter amid investors’ concerns over persistent inflation, rising interest rates and recession fears, according to funds…
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Indonesia Taps Global Climate Advisory Firm to Explore Nature-based Project Opportunities
by Deon Nielsenby Deon NielsenSINGAPORE – Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), has teamed up with global climate change advisory and investment firm Pollination to explore nature-based solutions investments, as Indonesia seeks…
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Comment: How Sovereign Wealth Funds Can Leverage Their Capital for Social Good
by Arnav Perezby Arnav PerezInvesting in people is not just a morally rewarding proposition; it’s also a smart economic strategy. In my work at the Oxford Centre for Mutual & Co-owned Business at Kellogg…
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ESG Factors are Ramping Up Among Global Investment Portfolios
by Arnav Perezby Arnav PerezEnvironmental, social, and corporate governance factors are becoming increasingly important in global investment portfolios. Even amid economic volatility and political frictions, asset managers across the globe are using ESG in…
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Megatrends and Their Impact on the Global Investment Landscape
by Kane Guzmanby Kane GuzmanPermacrisis, defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity,” was Word of the Year in 2022, as chosen by the Collins English Dictionary. And the year ahead may be just as…
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Allspring Launches Article 8 Fixed Income Fund
by Kane Guzmanby Kane GuzmanAllspring Global Investments has launched its second fixed income fund, aiming to support the transition to a low-carbon economy. The Allspring Global High Yield Fund, which is classified as SFDR…
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How the GEF is Driving Up Global Investment in Forests
by Kane Guzmanby Kane GuzmanWhen the Global Environment Facility was launched in 1991 to address the world’s most urgent environmental crises, 2 percent of its grants were allocated to forest conservation. Today, sustainable forest…