investor allocations

The nation’s largest pension system’s emerging manager commitment flies in the face of many other public allocators that have emphasised re-ups with existing relationships.

Stafford is managing $200m from HESTA in a fund of one to invest alongside impact and sustainable private equity managers.

Some of the world’s biggest pension funds and insurance companies – including the New York State Common Retirement Fund, Canada’s PSP Investments, NN Group and Varma Mutual – are on the lookout for climate-related investment opportunities.

The two funds aim to 'improve the production and availability of healthy food' and will be invested in Asia and Latin America.

GPs have been emphatic about the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, but LPs have not 'redrawn the map' on their allocations as a result of the law.

She will lead on OTPP’s net-zero 2050 target and integrate ESG risks and opportunities in the fund’s investment processes.

Aruwa Capital Management was founded in 2019 to 'address the investment gap that women led enterprises face in Africa'.

'If they are not Article 9 then we would like to understand why,' said Vanessa Shia, head of private markets at London LGPS CIV, speaking at PEI Group’s Women in Private Markets Summit: London 2022.

LPs may well 'surprise and intimidate' managers with the level of their ESG sophistication, according to Mercer's head of infrastructure.

Essex Pension Fund becomes the first LP to commit to Stafford’s first timberland fund which has carbon credit revenue built into its returns profile.