Managers

Apollo, New York State Common Retirement Fund and other LPs and GPs discuss what makes good ESG data and the direction of travel for reporting.

Neuberger Berman and Hamilton Lane explain their impact funds’ investment strategies.

The Responsible Investment Forum is underway in New York and panellists wrestle with new challenges alongside some familiar problems.

The Portland-based firm is investing $1bn in vertical farms, raised from investors including San Francisco and El Paso public pension funds and the Development Bank of Japan.

The firm will lead the new branch of a global GP network exchanging ideas and best practices about how to account for climate change.

LeapFrog, which received an investment from Temasek last year, has been busy building its investor relations bench.

ERM is acquiring Melbourne-based Point Advisory, a financial advisory focused on climate change and sustainability.

While 95% of CFOs realise investors view ESG as being important, only 28% have completed ESG integration processes, a survey says.

The private markets firm recently committed to the ESG Data Convergence Project which seeks to standardise sustainability reporting.

The new venture capital firm is targeting $125m to invest in promising proptech start-ups.