Charles Avery

The firm's investor base also ranked ESG and impact second behind tech and healthcare as the key investment opportunity of 2023.

The $300m investment has the potential to drive positive impact 'in some cases' by providing loans to IP-backed businesses.

LPs ranked climate and other impact opportunities behind spin outs and distressed assets as key themes for 2023.

Stafford Capital has just raised $242m from three UK pension schemes for its carbon offset fund, which is targeting returns of 9-11% but hopes for 'significantly more'.

A future in which portfolio companies are required to decarbonise poses 'a real risk for GPs', according to Bain's annual report.

There is an urgent need to help small and medium-sized companies decarbonise. Will private equity firms turn this into an opportunity?

Apex has gathered data from over 400 GPs and 1,500 portfolio companies in a bid to help clients 'identify areas of underperformance'.

Focusing on social sustainability cited as ‘the right thing to do’ from a financial perspective by strategy head Luba Nikulina.

Investors in the Indian insurtech business, which include Goldman Sachs Asset Management and LeapFrog Investments, will track the number of low-income consumers covered and quality of products, according to LeapFrog partner Stewart Langdon.

The deal continues the trend of private equity players targeting ESG consultancy services.