Toby Mitchenall
The private markets industry is moving towards a future in which external impact has a dollar value like any other financial line item, said panellists at the Impact Investor Global Summit in London.
The programme recognises women from across the institutional investment ecosystem in private equity, private debt, infrastructure, venture capital and real estate.
Standardisation of impact data and better availability of benchmarking tools will encourge more adoption, says Russell Investments' Samantha Steele.
The ESG data platform will use the injection to create products for private companies and expand into new geographies.
The ageing of the population is 'the most uncontroversial transformation happening now to our society', says Bruce Simpson, partner of AgeTech Capital.
A light-hearted session at the Impact Investor Global Summit was an opportunity for serious reflection on the direction of travel.
The investor's climate opportunities programme is headed up by Imraan Mohammed, who spoke at New Private Markets' Impact Investor Global Summit on Tuesday.
Corporates need tools, capital and know-how to confidently make net-zero commitments; private markets firms are trying to provide them.
The firm, an ESG early adopter, has raised more than €400m for its Compass Fund.
The firm is raising $500m for the fund, which has both an impact hurdle and a financial hurdle.