impact investing

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.

Though widely dubbed ‘anti-ESG’, Florida’s House Bill 3 may actually reinforce the importance of ESG in financial considerations.

Investor capital can advance DE&I by targeting three stages of the investment value chain, writes Stephanie Kater, a partner at The Bridgespan Group.

Partners Group was one of the earliest private equity giants to enter the impact space, raising $500m for its 2018-vintage PG Life I.

Linking impact or ESG to financial incentives was a big topic at the Impact Investor Global Summit; it is an 'imperative for the industry' that requires investors and managers to adopt an experimental mindset.

GP-leds are of particular interest to the mainstream secondaries players, Tom Jorgensen, a managing director at North Sky Capital, said in a video interview at the Impact Investor Global Summit.

Staking a portion of carried interest on impact performance is still a minority pursuit for GPs, but the arrival of two influential names may cause more managers to have the conversation.

Investors will overlook underdeveloped assessment frameworks if managers show how they will create change, say panellists at Impact Investor Global Summit.

Diane Mak, head of impact measurement and management, said linking impact performance to financial incentives ensures a 'higher level of transparency and clarity', in a video interview at the Impact Investor Global Summit.