impact investing

Investors and fund managers discussed industry trends, their concerns and the macroeconomic environment at the Global Impact Investing Network’s 2022 investor forum last week.

Bregal Sphere has made its debut with a natural capital investment, putting this 'increasingly important asset class' at the centre of the firm's new impact strategy.

The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority’s impact portfolio outperformed the general portfolio in the last financial year, but ‘we weren’t searching for impact’, director George Graham said at GIIN’s investor forum.

Amanda Kizer, a former director in Nuveen’s impact team, will lead ESG performance management and reporting for Bain Capital’s 'Double Impact' strategy.

PUR Projet will become the first company to join Bregal’s new impact platform – Bregal Sphere.

The Global Impact Investing Network – which is taking over from the IFC in hosting the Operating Principles for Impact Management – estimated the market at $715bn in 2020.

A panel of client relation experts say GPs should gear up for more questions around impact data.

BlackRock Impact Opportunities Fund has co-led an investment in Acelero, the vehicle’s sixth investment to date, and its first in the education sector.

The US-based social impact fund said all its new portfolio companies were led by founders from underrepresented groups in its 2022 Impact Report.

Board member Senator DiSanto expresses concerns about balancing targeted impact and diversification.