The real estate manager's social impact fund has reached a first close, with Big Society Capital, Samsung Life Insurance and London CIV among its LPs.
The firm, which invests in African SMEs, reached its hard-cap after launching the fund in 2022.
The firm's newest partner spoke to affiliate title PE Hub Europe about the impact potential of infrastructure and diversity in private markets.
Requests around additionality were toned down in the final guidance, which the regulator says is 'in principle compatible' with global guidance.
Private funds' thinking has evolved from "risk management" to "value creation," PwC's Eric Janson says on RCW webinar
Daniel Fuchs, BlackRock's head of high yield infrastructure debt, highlighted the need to avoid physical risks and stranded assets at the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit last month.
Though the political backlash against ESG is still yet to hit Europe, there are signs that the sustainability conversation is changing.
More capital has been raised for climate infrastructure strategies than any other private markets asset class.
Impact X Capital Partners is seeking £100m to invest in the tech, health, education and media sectors.
EQT, L Catterton and Just Climate also have impact-linked GP incentives for their impact funds.
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