Charles Avery
ESG professionals have learned the hard way what works and what does not. Here they share the failures and the lessons.
Investment has gravitated upstream as managers respond to an overcrowded and volatile consumer market, according to Campbell Lutyens's Toby Barnes.
The firm has mapped thematic funds totalling $60 billion of AUM in order to analyse current trends in sustainable food and farming.
Wollemi Capital will use the money raised to make investments in companies, as well as build up its operations, according to founders Tim Bishop and Paul Hunyor.
The facility is comparable to the one sourced for the firm's European PE funds, and will be tied to three ESG KPIs.
The Dutch insurance company has no time for Article 9 funds that are not taxonomy aligned, according private markets head Marieke van Kamp
Public markets manager American Century Investments has bought in the team from 3x5 Partners.
Two of the Impact 50 table's top five managers have an infrastructure focus, reflecting the size of the opportunity for large-scale impact in the asset class.
Bringing portfolio company employees into the equity can be beneficial for all parties. More should do it.
Laurent Lavergne will step into the newly-created position, having previously been head of asset management for the firm's real estate business.