Investors

Investors are getting more exacting about impact, says CBRE IM's Andrew Davey, as the firm reaches £500m for its open-end affordable housing fund with fresh commitments from two UK pension funds.

Some pensions are getting more comfortable with the 'relatively immature' market for impact funds, bfinance's Anna Morrison says.

Kentucky County Employees Retirement System says it will not divest from any of the 11 financial institutions that the treasurer's office has said is boycotting energy companies.

Carbon Equity provides individuals with access to climate venture capital funds at a minimum ticket size of €100,000.

Ingka Investments has made its first commitment to a blue economy fund.

The final figure is yet to be rubberstamped but a 5% allocation would represent £1.2bn and the pension needs to deploy at least 2% of AUM into natural capital ‘to make it worthwhile’.

NZAOA has released a new target-setting protocol for private equity and real assets investments – which includes requirements for fund choice and direct private equity.

Insights from limited partners into the GP behaviour that influences their allocation decisions.

The scale of the task means it is no surprise that investors are uncertain about meeting their targets, writes Aviva Investors' Ed Dixon. That shouldn't stop them taking immediate action.

Mizuho Financial Group – whose subsidiary Mizuho Bank is a repeat impact fund investor – has entered a ‘strategic partnership’ with Decarbonization Partners.