(L-R) Carmela Mendoza, PEI Group; Lenna Koszarny, Horizon Capital
Lenna Koszarny, founding partner of Horizon Capital, spoke to a PEI Group audience on Thursday. Horizon, the biggest private equity firm in Ukraine, has operated, and thrived, amid the war with Russia.
The wider private equity fundraising market, however, will remain challenging, according the firm's six-monthly LP survey.
Investors are looking for signs of a truly inclusive culture, according to a panel of LPs at PEI Group’s Women In Private Markets Forum: North America this week.
The asset owner sees a lack of social impact frameworks in the industry, one of its investors said at PEI Group’s Women In Private Markets Summit: North America this week.
Socially positive features in buildings can attract investors in today’s highly competitive fundraising market, said an investment consultant.
A number of US investors have programmes aimed at backing underrepresented groups.
Sustainable finance
The Berlin-based firm says its open-ended credit vehicle is one of the first in Germany to be classified as Article 9.
The insurer has launched a €100m strategy to invest in up to 25 biomethane plants across Spain over a five-year period.
Monetising the biodiversity benefits of nature-based strategies would bring a 'huge amount of upside', says AXA IM Alts' Jonathan Dean.
Progress has been made but more still needs to be done as GPs strive to make their sustainability efforts meaningful.
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