impact investing

Abrielle Rosenthal, chief sustainability officer and managing director at TowerBrook, was speaking on the sidelines of the Impact Investor Global Summit.

Eiffel is the world’s 14th biggest impact fund manager, with $3.25bn raised across nine private equity, debt and infrastructure funds in five years.

Public markets manager American Century Investments has bought in the team from 3x5 Partners.

Scale continues to the watchword for the asset management giant as it sees deals requiring 'larger and larger' dollar amounts.

Two of the Impact 50 table's top five managers have an infrastructure focus, reflecting the size of the opportunity for large-scale impact in the asset class.

Most investors are looking for market-rate returns from their impact investments, according to data gathered by the Global Impact Investing Network.

Most UK Local Government Pension Schemes view private equity as 'the most effective vehicle to drive impact', according to a survey by Pensions for Purpose.

The asset owner sees a lack of social impact frameworks in the industry, one of its investors said at PEI Group’s Women In Private Markets Summit: North America this week.

Measuring investment impact is still voluntary, but regulatory oversight is on the way, according to head of climate impact Marc Williams.

LPs should start investing alongside DFIs even it it means a smaller ticket size, according to L&G portfolio director Michael Klaster.