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The Toronto-based impact investment firm aims to raise $36m for the new evergreen vehicle, including $11m by the end of the year, says portfolio manager Karolina Iaydjieva.

New York City's public pension systems have joined EDCI and reiterated deadlines for private markets managers to comply with net zero commitments. Now they plan to work on reducing Scope 3 emissions.

The San Diego-based private credit firm could return to the fundraising trail in late 2027 or early 2028, founder and CEO Kim Folsom tells NPM.

The Open Society Foundations' impact investment division is looking to unlock local capital as foreign aid dwindles and international private capital proves to be 'extremely fickle', says SEDF's head of policy and innovative finance.

Talk of value creation dominated discussions on the first day of the Responsible Investment Forum: New York as GPs and LPs strived to prove the worth of sustainable investing.

Europe could spend as much as €14trn on defence and related infrastructure over the next decade, per a white paper from the Carlyle Group.

At this year's NEXUS, Megan Wenrich of the All Aboard Fund spoke of rapid deployment and GCM Grosvenor's Jonathan Hirschtritt described climate finance gaps that were opening up.

Tariffs and geopolitical tensions are hastening a return of manufacturing to the US and presenting a new set of prospects to private investors, panellists said at NEXUS last week.

Marcie Frost, CEO of the Californian pension plan, discussed the political pressure that surrounds the investors' sustainable investments and a desire for more ESG data for risk management purposes at NEXUS 2026.

The leaderboard in the New Private Markets Global Awards 2025 illustrates the increased prominence of emerging markets in sustainability, ESG and impact investing.