impact investing

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'.

The impact house peeling itself from Partners Group is also in the market with a $300m climate fund.

An industry database compiled by ImpactAssets lists the strategies and focus of private markets impact managers collectively representing $117bn in assets.

The firm’s head of transition says Brookfield’s rejected bid for Australian energy giant AGL is a ‘better option’ for shareholders than a demerger.

Impact shop Blue Earth is moving towards ‘operational independence’ from Partners Group, but the young firm will seek to replicate one of its forebear’s key attributes.

The pioneering impact investor will chair an advisory board featuring a former White House adviser.