impact investing

Two consultants strike a partnership to raise €150m for specialist impact fund commitments – joining a growing number of impact fund-of-funds.

Arcano has raised one of the larger vehicles in the budding field of private equity impact funds of funds.

UBS will run a process to move The Norsk Gjenvinning Group into a continuation fund, as secondaries investors are beginning to take a closer look at impact funds.

The ingredients are all there for a big year in impact secondaries, with GP-leds looking particularly tempting.

Even amid a tougher fundraising environment, climate funds are 'still very, very topical', says head of sustainable investing for private markets Ken Pontarelli.

Stafford is managing $200m from HESTA in a fund of one to invest alongside impact and sustainable private equity managers.

Carlotta Saporito, a development finance veteran, has joined JPMorgan’s private wealth management arm.

Some of the world’s biggest pension funds and insurance companies – including the New York State Common Retirement Fund, Canada’s PSP Investments, NN Group and Varma Mutual – are on the lookout for climate-related investment opportunities.

The impact secondaries firm has hired a veteran of sustainable private equity investing in anticipation of 'a lot of selling activity' by institutional investors.

Affordable housing, social impact and real estate decarbonisation strategies have entered the market in 2022 as the new year will see fundraising conditions tighten.