Carmela Mendoza
The US institutional investor is adapting to a wider remit with a broader set of financial instruments at its disposal.
The $347 billion development bank views private equity funds as an 'important tool' to deliver its financial and development mandate and is currently evaluating its programme.
The London-headquartered DFI continues to back funds, but is rebalancing its activity to include more co-investments, while also looking at secondaries sales.
Private equity fund managers 'typically drive many cycles of growth and development impact' says Farid Fezoua, global director for private equity and venture capital at the investor.
Amethis, an Africa-focused impact firm which Edmond de Rothschild co-founded in 2012, closed its third flagship fund last week.
Future Planet Capital executive chairman Douglas Hansen-Luke told the BVCA's annual summit that by backing innovation in defense the firm is 'investing in swords that we can turn into ploughshares'.
The alternatives giant’s systematic employee ownership approach follows a KKR-led initiative aimed at sharing wealth and boosting value creation.
Future Generations Opportunities is a private equity strategy which will seek co-investments in Europe, North America and Asia.
Employee ownership programmes, which seek to build wealth among company workers, are gaining traction in the private equity industry. Are investors losing out on upside, or benefiting from increased value creation?
Here is what the giant investor is looking for in new impact GP relationships.