UBS says $100 mln blended finance initiative receives new backers

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Companies UBS Group AG Follow ZURICH, July 20 (Reuters) - British and U.S. development finance organisations have agreed to be anchor investors in a new $100 million private-public finance initiative led by UBS' philanthropic arm and non-profit Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, UBS (UBSG.S) said on Thursday. Initial investments in the initiative, focused on delivering Sustainable Development Goal-aligned outcomes, would support government-backed initiatives to support education in Sierra Leone and Ghana, as well as a social enterprise to re-sell and recycle plastic waste in Nigeria, UBS said in a statement. Reporting by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi, Editing by Friederike Heine Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.