impact investing

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

Enhanced Return Debt Fund has raised €2.3bn and has a 50% allocation to climate solutions.

CFO Robert Lewin cites the recent sale of CoolIT as an example where employee ownership has led to higher profits and, consequently, higher multiples at exit.

The impact investment firm's advisory business has inherited a 'handful' of new clients from Align and roughly doubled assets under management, says recently hired partner Matthew Weatherley-White.

Lenders are incentivising companies to increase their products in sustainability solutions, says Thibault Sandret, head of private credit at investment consultant Bfinance.

The vehicle has exceeded its $1bn target and is tied as the third-largest private markets forestry fund.

The firm has applied disability-adjusted life years to insurance for the first time, allowing for easier comparison across impact investments.

The investor is using its GP relationships to the benefit of its national infrastructure investment plans, says head of externally managed investments Chinedu Mofunanya.

ICEA LION Group is building up its private credit allocation with a focus on job creation and climate, CIO Gerald Gondo says.

Speaking to NPM ahead of the launch of its new five-year plan, BII’s India head Shilpa Kumar explains how it deploys capital and when it decides to partner with external GPs.