fund economics

There is not yet a clear answer to the question of whether LPs or GPs pay for additional ESG-related fund costs.

Linking financial incentives to impact performance is increasingly seen as best practice in impact. Jack Isaacs and Ellen Maginnis from verification firm BlueMark, having assessed 84 investors' approaches, describe the various ways of doing it.

The Article 9 fund has a €250m target and will invest in companies that provide solutions for the decarbonisation of real assets.

Pathfinder strategy has raised $10m so far in ‘potential charitable donations’.

Dutch insurer ASR has committed €10m to the Article 9 fund, which links 100% of its carried interest to the achievement of impact goals.

Due to reach a €250m hard-cap by the end of Q2, director Jan-Willem König is optimistic about the fundraising landscape for impact investing

The Article 8 fund hit the milestone two months after launch, following commitments from Allianz insurance portfolios.

Stafford Capital has just raised $242m from three UK pension schemes for its carbon offset fund, which is targeting returns of 9-11% but hopes for 'significantly more'.

There is an urgent need to help small and medium-sized companies decarbonise. Will private equity firms turn this into an opportunity?

Investors in the Indian insurtech business, which include Goldman Sachs Asset Management and LeapFrog Investments, will track the number of low-income consumers covered and quality of products, according to LeapFrog partner Stewart Langdon.