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The global head of the insurer’s alternative business says performance is the top priority as it works to decarbonise its €85bn real estate portfolio.

'Flexible investing' funds come in all shapes and sizes - but, as fund managers recognise the need to scale new solutions to mitigate climate change, almost every 'flexible' climate fund has a private equity component.

The firm is no longer looking for new LPs for its $1bn target flagship product, said global head of investor solutions Yalin Karadogan.

Two 'very important IPOs' drove value creation for the firm's climate fund in 2023, said executive chairman Jim Coulter.

The firm's latest and largest fund will have diversity targets for portfolio company leadership teams, according to partner Nnennia Ejebe.

Although IRA funding is catalysing major climate projects in the US, investors should be cognisant of hurdles when pricing IRA funding into development and returns models.

Meketa’s scenario analyses provide sobering evidence of how best-case global warming scenarios will impact pension funds' valuations and average returns.

Gas power has a significant greenhouse gas footprint, but many transition fund managers are embracing natural gas.

The impact investing market may have grown significantly, but it is still 'early days' when it comes to building a financial track record, say delegates at the Impact Investor Summit: North America.

Boston Consulting Group's analysis of EDCI data provides one of the earliest pieces of statistical evidence of the ESG/material value relationship in private equity.