Snehal Shah

Brookfield is expecting ‘strong re-ups’ and new LPs for BGTF II, which the firm expects will be larger than its $15bn first impact fund.

The UK’s Sustainable Disclosure Regime addresses a significant omission in the EU's SFDR: funds decarbonising and transitioning assets to become more sustainable. What a shame, then, that the SDR has been delayed yet again.

Blackstone Green Private Credit III – the biggest energy transition credit fund to date – has an appetite for fossil fuel investments such as LNG, straddling energy transition and affordability goals.

KKR has achieved a 6x average return across three companies where it has implemented employee ownership schemes.

Through its VC arm ClearImpact Ventures, the investment manager and OCIO will back companies from LG's existing venture portfolio.

The firm has announced plans to raise private equity climate fund this year, but the lion's share of its energy transition strategy will be debt and 'hybrid' capital.

The Gates Foundation’s climate venture fund raised $1.25bn for its second vintage in 2021 and $1bn for its first vintage in 2019 from billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Mukesh Ambani, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson and George Soros.

The fund is understood to have a $3 billion target and was launched in February 2023.

While TPG and EQT have warned of slowing fundraises for their impact strategies, Tikehau’s ambitions are untempered by the macroeconomic environment.

Amid a ‘much more difficult’ fundraising environment for oil and gas production strategies, the Tomorrow Fund has raised $1bn at first close for its first fund.