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TriLinc Global Impact Fund announced today that it has approved an additional $4.4 million in term loans and trade finance facilities to companies operating in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, bringing total financing commitments as of April 30, 2018 to $435.9 million for ...

BOSTON (May 2, 2018) – Assets placed in ESG investments – those which integrate environmental, social and governance factors – in Cambridge Associates’ client portfolios have more than doubled over the past five years to approximately $9.5 billion from $4 billion in 2012.

Further, more than 130 ...

May 07, 2018 — DURHAM, NC — FHI 360 has launched a new subsidiary, FHI Ventures, to invest in high-impact, early-stage social enterprises. FHI Ventures will work closely with early-stage companies that have launched a new product or service designed for social good, providing them with the ...

7 May 2018 - Ten projects are receiving investment as part of the second round of the £80 million Life Chances Fund and will focus on helping young people into employment by providing education and training. The projects will also help reduce the number of days ...

CHICAGO and LONDON, May 1, 2018 - At its 12^th annual UK investment conference in London, Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today introduced the Morningstar^® Portfolio Carbon Risk Score™, a measure that will help investors evaluate a portfolio's ...

SCRANTON, PA AND BOSTON, May 1, 2018 – Bain Capital Double Impact, the impact investing strategy of Bain Capital, today announced that it led an investor group to acquire Penn Foster, a provider of skills development and digital credentialing solutions for today’s dynamic world of ...

May 2, 2018

Fund volume exceeds 200 million euros

The Fund targets companies and projects in the sectors sustainable energy, energy efficiency/carbon reduction, smart infrastructures and clean mobility, and will make equity capital investments varying from 10 to 25 million euro per transaction. Over ...

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - Merrill Lynch and Merrill Edge today launched five new portfolios incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in response to growing demand for investments with the potential to produce positive societal outcomes without sacrificing financial returns.¹

Designed by the Global ...

LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2018 – The World Bank Group (WBG) today announced the launch of the Disruptive Technologies for Development Fund in partnership with Credit Suisse to harness technologies such as blockchain, 3D printing, and the Internet of Things to pioneer innovative solutions for development ...