Toby Mitchenall
It is rare to see a buyout fund making a purely financial investment into another private markets firm.
The fund of funds manager is working with PwC to ensure its non-EU investments align with the greenest EU fund classification under SFDR.
The private markets firm has signed up as a customer of direct air capture business Climeworks, in which it is also an investor; it is the firm's first use of a “technological solution” within its net-zero plan.
Impact and sustainability remain high on LP wish lists, but a heterogeneous investor universe makes fundraising a difficult exercise.
Armen, a newcomer to the business of investing in general partners, describes itself using the language of sustainability; its debut investment suggests this is justified.
The historic insurance market has teamed up with Schroders Capital to offer investors access to a cross-asset-class impact investment strategy.
Investors 'continue to be cautious about valuations' for later-stage buyouts, which is affecting impact firms in this segment of the market, says Cambridge Associates' Tom Mitchell.
Around half of impact funds in market have been on the road for more than a year, according to New Private Markets' newly launched database.
Investing in climate involves working with emerging teams. Nick Abel, a CalSTRS portfolio manager and speaker at the upcoming New Private Markets Impact Investor Global Summit, explains how his team balances risk and return in the pensions’ sustainable investments portfolio.
The Pension Insurance Corporation, which has 16% of its NAV invested in private credit, is seeing ESG elements creeping into loan terms, but a tweak to insurance regulation would make smooth the way for more.