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Lenna Koszarny, founding partner of Horizon Capital, spoke to a PEI Group audience on Thursday. Horizon, the biggest private equity firm in Ukraine, has operated, and thrived, amid the war with Russia.

The wider private equity fundraising market, however, will remain challenging, according the firm's six-monthly LP survey.

A number of US investors have programmes aimed at backing underrepresented groups.

Monetising the biodiversity benefits of nature-based strategies would bring a 'huge amount of upside', says AXA IM Alts' Jonathan Dean.

A combination of regulation and investor mindset risks pushing capital away from where it is needed most: carbon-intensive sectors.

Net zero targets are creating tension between short-term portfolio-level carbon reductions and the need for real economy decarbonisation.

Regulation and a lack of impact allocation opportunities were also on the minds of panellists at the firm's impact forum in London this week.

A defined benefit scheme for the University of Cambridge's support staff mandates an investment consultant to integrate sustainability considerations – including climate investment – into its investment activity.

Nearly half of portfolio companies in impact funds exceed GPs' financial performance targets at exit, which is 'encouraging for a traditional investor who's thinking about investing in impact'.

Niamh Whooley joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and will prioritise developing ESG data disclosure at the 'origination and pre-investment' stages.