By IPE Staff2021-06-10T09:55:00+01:00
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Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) – The UK government has appointed an expert group to provide independent, non-binding advice on developing and implementing a green taxonomy in the UK context.
Ingrid Holmes, executive director of the
Green Finance Institute, will chair the group, which comprises 18 other members representing different areas of expertise and perspective. Brunel Pension Partnership’s
Faith Ward, in her capacity as chair of the
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change;
James Alexander, CEO of the
Ex-ASI duo team up to launch private equity boutique
Bread Street Capital plans to launch a series of stock-exchange listed private equity funds
Former Aberdeen Standard Investments duo Alex Barr and James Witter have reunited to launch their own private equity boutique.
Bread Street Capital Partners will aim to broaden investor access to global private markets including private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real assets.
As managing partners Barr (pictured right) and Witter (pictured left) will help drive the strategic growth of the business and manage the company’s first fund, a London-listed vehicle, when it launches.
Initially they will concentrate on developing a series of “innovative” stock-exchange listed private markets funds. Portfolios will deliver responsible thematic, financing stage or manager exposures, according to a press release.
Former Aberdeen private equity bosses launch boutique citywireselector.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citywireselector.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two former investment managers from Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) have launched a new investment management business focusing on global private markets. Alex Barr and James Witter said Bread Street Capital Partners Ltd will provide investors with access to global private equity, infrastructure, debt and real
Was this message in a bottle thrown from the Titanic hours before it sank? Note from French passenger washes up in Canada 105 years after tragedy
A message in a bottle purports to have been thrown from the deck of the Titanic on April 13, 1912
The note appears to have been written by a French schoolgirl who was travelling to New York to visit family
She drowned alongside 1,500 others after liner hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton
The bottle washed up on a beach in Canada 105 years, with scientists now probing its authenticity