impact investing

Kookai Chaimahawong previously worked at Pangaea Ventures, Thailand-based startup Socialgiver and as a consultant for the UN Development Programme.

The firm says it is 'currently working on leveraging and expanding our current ESG activities to create future dedicated ESG/impact investment fund products'.

The update on the 'impact-driven' EQT Future fund came in the firm's annual sustainability report.

TPG's Rise Fund platform, overseeing $14bn in assets, was earning a net IRR of 25% as of December 2021.

The Swedish impact manager is planning to help scale a company operating second-hand goods auction platforms.

The parent company of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, a gatekeeper for Japanese pension funds, is transforming its purpose to ‘balanced creation of both social value and economic value’.

Pensioenfonds Detailhandel, a pension fund for the retail sector in the Netherlands, is backing the French fund manager’s impact lending strategy.

There’s a mismatch between pension funds’ bitesizes, risk appetites and the impact fund market. Former Leapfrog fundraiser Xenia Loos and Marlene Stam’s advisory shop is trying to resolve that.

LGT’s impact offshoot Lightrock creates ‘financial empowerment’ and ‘provides liquidity’ with latest deal, says Lightrock partner Shakir Merali.

The investor is seeing 'significantly higher demand for ESG products and impact solutions'.