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Roy Swan, director of mission investments at the Ford Foundation, argues that decades of zero-sum thinking have pitted workers against shareholders and damaged the economy, but a new, improved playbook is emerging.

A conversation with an influential investor suggests that there is room for – and even a need for – more innovation in blended finance.

In the niche world of sustainability-linked fund finance, EQT has secured a facility that suits an era where materiality and impact matter.

To scale technologies, capital needs to crowd in. But this comes with risks.

Social-related risks, dependencies and opportunities have not yet received the attention they deserve from investors: the new TISFD framework aims to change that, says Mirova’s Louise Schreiber.

Recent moves by Lightrock, Nest and Galvanize offer signs that the private credit market is starting to bridge the financing gap, but there is still a long way to go.

Competitive returns - always a prerequisite for institutional allocators in mainstream private equity impact funds - are starting to materialise.

Those committing to and deploying impact strategies now have a clear idea of where the financial advantage resides.

As we gather in London next week for the Impact Investor Global Summit, we will find out how impact themes have fed into investment performance.

Lenders are starting to use SLLs for more than just operational improvements.