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The firm closed its first fund, which invests in renewable energy infrastructure in India, at $741m in 2022.

The role oceans play in food systems could pave the way for more investment in the space, founder Chris Gorell Barnes told New Private Markets after the firm closed its debut fund at €201m.

While European PE and infrastructure are faring well, appetite for emerging markets has not improved, according to panellists at Impact Investor Global Summit in London.

Savills natcap head Alex Godfrey has been recruited to lead the strategy, which will invest in UK assets with afforestation and peatland restoration potential.

Insignificant changes can deliver big improvement to solar infrastructure's nature impact, according to a report from Foresight Group.

There is substantial appetite for impact among smaller, regional European pension funds, according to Zebra Impact Ventures co-founder Fabio Sofia.

'If you have a very clear set of objectives you’re trying to achieve, it is much harder to deliver them through blind pools,' CEO Angus Whiteley tells New Private Markets.

The UK social impact investor is now known as Better Society Capital, which will help 'reaffirm' its mission, according to chief executive Stephen Muers.

Obtaining non-financial information ranked bottom among data challenges faced by LPs in a survey conducted by State Street.

The fund launched in 2021 with a $2bn target and will invest at least a quarter of its capital in diverse-owned businesses.