impact investing

Around 20 minority stakes in venture-stage climate companies have been moved into an externally-managed continuation fund – an uncommon structure in the secondaries market.

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.

Catalyst, a sustainability-focused private markets strategy, is drawn to opportunities in China’s burgeoning renewable energy sector, APAC head Matthew O’Sullivan tells PEI.

In private markets climate investing, as with other impact investing themes, capital has gravitated primarily towards equity strategies. This is about to change.

Hong Kong insurer AIA is the latest Asian LP to join Leapfrog's investor base, having committed $200m earlier this week.

The bank will make a commitment of A$10m to New Harvest’s Indigenous Impact Investment Fund, attracted by its potential to support sustainable Indigenous Australian business growth.

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'.

Many investors prefer individual mandates to invest in specific sustainability themes rather than pooled impact funds, says Hamilton Lane's co-head of impact, David Helgerson.

The fintech-focused manager plans to collect data directly from the end users of its portfolio companies, according to its latest impact report.

Financial benchmarks are the 'primary way' LPs define success but they often fail to account for externalities, said ex-KIC CIO Scott Kalb.