CDPQ Asia head: Blended finance's big potential for EMs

Canadian pension fund investor the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has taken a lead role in the Blended Finance Task Force under the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), which aims to mobilise private capital to tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental challenges. “‘Blended finance’ is an interesting animal on its own. Depending on who you talk to, you will get different definitions,” Leong Wai Leng, managing director for Asia Pacific at CDPQ, told Asi…