As required by the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on Monday, July 1, his government began delivering the first pension supplements to retired workers. The date was significant for the president and his administration because it marked the sixth anniversary of what he considers his historic electoral victory in 2018, and the

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited AccumUSD (GB:VOF) has released an update. VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited announced the buyback and cancellation of 100,000 of its USD Shares on July 11, 2024, at a price of GBP 4.92 per share. Post transaction, the total number of shares held in treasury stands at 6,182,716 with the total

News Brazilian development bank BNDES plans to provide financing of 32.1bn reais (US$5.94bn) through its fund for initiatives to mitigate climate change. The financing, expected to be available until the end of 2026, will focus on clean energy and transportation projects. The bank’s climate fund provides financing for companies and government decarbonization projects at an

Teacher Retirement System of Texas has disclosed making two new investments totalling $150m (€138.6m), split between a GreenPoint Partners real estate fund and a Riverbend Energy fund. The pension fund revealed in its June commitments list that it placed $75m into GreenPoint REPE Fund I and issued a $74.4m commitment to the Riverbend XI. Texas Teachers said the value-add

High interest rates usually spell trouble for venture capital (VC) firms. But with a hot hand to play like AI and cybersecurity, and a shrewd evaluation strategy for potential investments, VC companies can still find plenty of opportunity. It’s a formula that Geneva-based Forestay Capital has worked effectively recently. On Monday (July 8), it announced