THE IMPACT SHIFT
Apax hires Helios exec to launch impact strategy
The European firm looks set to join its large buyout peers in establishing a fund line that will seek both financial returns and a positive societal or environmental impact.
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BUILD BACK BETTER
Build back better
How will private markets be part of the post-pandemic rebuilding? Leading investors suggest ways to ensure the sustainability of the planet and the private...
OPINION
Be ahead of the next global investment mega-trend
The shift to sustainability in private markets deserves its own dedicated information source.
Temasek and LeapFrog hint at the future
Sophisticated LPs have been aligning themselves with sector-specialist GPs in recent years, and this pair's $500m partnership is a milestone deal.
Should sub lines be on the front line of ‘doing good’?
Given ESG-linked facilities are generating ‘a huge amount of interest’, we discuss whether they are the best way to incentivise change.
THE REGULATORY IMPERATIVE
US Impact Investing Alliance calls for impact bank
The US Impact Investing Alliance launches a proposal calling on the Biden-Harris administration to create a more inclusive economy.
BY THE NUMBERS
Where impact happens: Of the 9,807 impact investments made in 2019, most (61%) were private debt investments, according to GIIN. Private equity and real assets accounted for 11% and 2%, respectively
DEEP DIVE
Measuring impact: The state of play
Impact investment allows firms to demonstrate their environmental and social credentials, but are their claims accurate? We take a look at the race to develop better measurement frameworks.
Is private real estate short-sighted on climate risk?
With property costs mounting in many of the world’s environmentally vulnerable markets, climate change is increasingly becoming an issue that the industry is being called to address now.
Shining a light on borrower behaviour
As private debt funds hone their focus on ESG, the big challenge is to find effective ways to influence the management of the underlying asset.
The pipe dream: ESG data in ‘real time’
The technology and expertise exist to communicate non-financial KPIs to LPs with regularity, but don’t expect it to happen any time soon.
Climate: What investors want
Investors, especially pension schemes with young beneficiaries, are starting to ask more of their managers when it comes to climate strategy.
CLIMATE
PG Impact hires former KKR exec and launches $300m climate fund
PG Impact Investments, the impact firm incubated by private markets giant Partners Group, has launched a fund that will seek ‘market-rate returns’ from climate-related investments.
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Newsletter: PG Impact pivots to PE; A US bank for impact;...
Impact to the fore today, as Partners Group's impact offshoot starts to raise capital for the first time, Apax Partners makes impact plans, and a coalition of likeminded groups in the US call for far-reaching change.
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