Eurazeo is raising a €525m-target Article 9 infrastructure fund – while many fund managers stall on committing to the SFDR’s most sustainable classification.
Kartesia – raising a €500m-target impact fund – ‘feels very comfortable’ that its portfolio companies will align with their impact goals, says head of CSR and ESG Coralie De Maesschalck.
Panellists at the Impact Investor Global Summit London 2023 agreed that GP-leds are where secondaries investors can have the most impact.
There has been a 'complete failure' to convince the wider market of the financial returns of impact investment, says Trill Impact founder Jan Ståhlberg.
BlueMark, which assesses and verifies impact investing processes, has now named nine investors as 'top quartile' when it comes to aligning with the Operating Principles for Impact Management.
Folium Capital finds a range of cashflow timelines to be an easier pitch for LPs, and hopes to supply timber as well as carbon sequestration to contribute to the energy transition.
Luma Equity joins NREP, 2150 and Velo Capital in forming Urban Partners, a group of companies committed to making cities more sustainable.
The CEE manager hopes accreditation will make it "more visible" to investors with a sustainability bent, says head of ESG Monika Nachyla.
Gains have been made at board level, but gender diversity at asset level is proving harder to promote.
The fintech manager hopes to raise $70m-$75m to invest in companies beyond the firm's early-stage sweet spot, according to a market source.