impact investing

The fund makes primary, secondaries and direct co-investments in funds and businesses 'with a clear focus on environmental impact'.

Impact can be quantified and linked to investors financial rewards, says Kirkland & Ellis lawyer Amala Ejikeme, but big questions remain about how it could be tied to carried interest.

The International Finance Corporation’s Neil Gregory says investors are coalescing around two similar ways of measuring impact.

Former Massachusetts governor and US presidential candidate Deval Patrick will contribute ‘strategic guidance’ to Bain Capital Double Impact.

Panelists speaking at a PEI Media Impact Investing Forum agreed that strategies must have commitment and dedicated focus from GPs to be successful.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund's Andrew Siwo answers questions on the $250bn fund’s approach to impact and ESG, ahead of this week's Impact Investor Forum.

Pantheon partner Helen Steers will sit as an external investment committee member for Zamo Capital, an investor in impact managers.

Acre Impact Capital is poised to launch a series of African export finance debt funds and may open an office in Nairobi following investment into the firm by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Private Infrastructure Development Group’s GuarantCo.

Amsterdam-headquartered private equity firm Goodwell Investments has launched its fifth impact fund with a €50m target for fast-growing African businesses.

Government intervention will help mobilise private capital to address global challenges, says the firm’s public affairs and impact head.