impact investing

The new hire will lead the firm’s investments in the space, including an expansion from the UK to continental Europe later this year.

The strategy will focus on climate mitigation and adaptation, and protection of water and biodiversity.

Jonathan Dean, head of impact investing at AXA IM Alts, shares some nuggets on the firm’s impact plans over breakfast with New Private Markets.

Katarina Staaf, managing director of AP6 – which invests exclusively in private equity and reported 49% returns last year – has a strategy of ‘transforming industries and business models’ across its portfolio.

The sustainability-focused private equity firm has also signed a lease on an office in Munich.

The influential Singaporean investor has built deep relationships with two impact GPs and made fund commitments to others; next stop is direct investment.

Bridges – with an established investor base of UK pensions – has closed its Property Fund V on £350m and set its sights on global investors for its next vintage.

A conversation with two Rubensteins shows how the industry changes, and how it stays the same.

Joohee Rand is an impact investing and philanthropy consulting veteran.

Increasing competition coupled with LP appetite for thematic investment suggest impact firms will have to start thinking hard about standing out from the crowd.