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BlackRock appointed Will Thomson as Managing Director, a Portfolio Manager in the Climate Infrastructure team in New Zealand, effective July 2024. This follows BlackRock’s announcement to launch a New Zealand-focused...
Decarbonization Partners, a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek, successfully closed its first fund, Decarbonization Partners Fund I, at $1.4 billion. This figure surpassed the initial target of $1 billion,...
Larry Fink’s annual letters carry a lot of clout. As CEO of the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, with over $10 trillion in assets under management (AUM), his annual open...
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is under fire again for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies. This time, Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson issued a “cease...
The Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF), a financial cornerstone for the state’s public schools, is severing its relationship with investment giant BlackRock in a contentious dispute centered on environmental, social,...
Germany’s leading commercial and industrial (C&I) decentralized energy solutions provider, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement on an equity investment of over USD 200 million from BlackRock, through...
TC Energy Corporation and its partner Northern New England Investment Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Énergir L.P. (Énergir), have entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell Portland Natural...
The recent departures of major players like JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) from Climate Action 100+ have sent shockwaves through the investor landscape for climate...
Voting Choice enabled for $2.6 trillion in assets under management (AUM) Clients representing $598 billion in AUM have adopted BlackRock Voting Choice BlackRock is enabling Voting Choice for more than...
Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and a global developer and owner of solar and energy storage assets, announced today that Recurrent Energy B.V. has secured a $500 million preferred equity...
Key Impact Points: BlackRock, Inc. and Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), a leading independent infrastructure fund manager, jointly announce that they have entered into an agreement for BlackRock to acquire GIP...
Largest-ever private equity fund close for an Asia-based independent fund manager that focuses on next-generation infrastructure to bolster the region’s energy transition and digital infrastructure development Seraya Partners, the first...
Abu Dhabi will host a pioneering Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC), that will accelerate the development of climate finance frameworks and skills, and champion best practices in the UAE and globally. The...
BlackRock’s Evergreen Infrastructure fund has secured almost US$1 billion in client commitments from European founding partners. The Fund has already begun to commit capital and has signed definitive documentation to...
Occidental announced that BlackRock will invest $550 million on behalf of clients in the development of STRATOS, the world’s largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility, in Ector County, Texas. Through a...
BlackRock’s Climate Finance Partnership (CFP) has made its first investment in Latin America, acquiring a minority stake in Brasol, a Brazilian renewable energy firm. “We’re really excited to get a...
BlackRock has launched a new climate transition-oriented private debt fund (CPD), as part of the firm’s global private debt platform, which aims to provide investors with “a single-entry point to...
SGX Group and BlackRock are taking the lead in helping investors reach their low carbon transition objectives with the listing of iShares MSCI Asia ex-Japan Climate Action ETF. SGX, with...
Decarbonization Partners, a partnership between BlackRock and Temasek focused on investing in next-generation private companies that support the acceleration of decarbonization and the transition to a net-zero economy, has co-led...
American policymakers are seeing red on ESG, attacking financial institutions for their sustainability practices. Now, a powerful rating agency is doing a surprising about-face on its ESG ratings. Rating agencies...
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