Investment

The new fund will provide long-term sustainable funding to non-governmental organisations that are working on bridging and closing the education gap.

Investors in real assets can harness urban design and nature-based solutions to safeguard against climate-related risks in cities and urban areas, say Emily Hamilton and Julie Futcher.

The Caribbean country plans to upgrade the resilience of water systems impacted by climate change by using funds freed up by a debt-for-climate swap.

The Biodiversity Impact Fund (BIF) will focus primarily on core themes such as regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, ocean preservation and sustainable fishery.

The investment is in Sistafund, a French venture capital fund backing early-stage tech companies led by women and where women hold at least 30% of the founder shares.

The asset manager is the latest company to firm up its plans to label funds under the UK’s financial regulator’s new regime, which is starting to gain traction.

Both lenders aim to drive inclusive growth across the UK by unlocking funding for underserved small businesses that struggle to access finance.

The financing will go to TBC Bank Uzbekistan, the largest mobile-only bank in Central Asia’s most populous country, and will expand loans to women and women-led businesses.

Bridges Fund Management has unveiled details of its Inclusive Growth Fund, aimed at investing in purpose-driven businesses that deliver measurable benefits to vulnerable groups. The fund has been seeded with assets from Bridges Evergreen.

The fund offers investors an evergreen structure with a global approach aimed at solving environmental and social impacts that are aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.