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Several state pension funds have programs that use their capital to invest in local companies.

LGT Capital Partners has just raised $550m for its debut impact programme. Managing partner Tycho Sneyers talks investor appetite, the regulatory environment and the budding secondaries market.

What can seem like an inexorable march towards sustainability is not quite that simple.

The influential Singaporean investor has built deep relationships with two impact GPs and made fund commitments to others; next stop is direct investment.

At the previous investment committee meeting, the board voted to make the commitment, despite accusations the firm had misled the pension on diversity efforts.

Investors’ views over the importance of DE&I issues and whether they ultimately affect fund commitments are as varied as the LP community itself.

The UK’s Environment Agency Pension Fund is backing Lombard Odier’s climate debt fund as CIO Graham Cook says that transition financing 'is largely going to come from debt'.

GenZero, Temasek’s latest decarbonization strategy, far outsizes Temasek’s landmark impact investing partnerships with BlackRock, Brookfield and Leapfrog.

Responsible investing and the need to avoid certain industries is adding new levels of complexity to private debt dealmaking.

The Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation has earmarked £100m for social impact funds by 2026 and is open to funds that prioritize impact over returns and vice versa.