Private Equity

Impact investing

Japan’s FSA consults on impact investing framework

The regulator will also form an international forum on impact investing.

3 min read · 08 August 2023

KKR to replace Asia impact head with internal candidate

Chee-Wei Wong, who has overseen the firm's first seven Asian impact investments, is returning to New York from Singapore.

2 min read · 06 July 2023

Horizon founder on the challenges of investing in a warzone

Lenna Koszarny, chief executive of Ukraine-focused private equity firm Horizon Capital, says LPs are backing the firm's latest fund now and are not waiting for the war to end.

4 min read · 26 June 2023

Swimming against the tide: M&G’s £5bn Catalyst fund ponders China entry

Catalyst, a sustainability-focused private markets strategy, is drawn to opportunities in China’s burgeoning renewable energy sector, APAC head Matthew O’Sullivan tells PEI.

6 min read · 08 June 2023

How impact fund portfolio companies perform at exit

Nearly half of portfolio companies in impact funds exceed GPs' financial performance targets at exit, which is 'encouraging for a traditional investor who's thinking about investing in impact'.

3 min read · 07 June 2023

What LPs want in an impact fund: additionality and intentionality

Investors will overlook underdeveloped assessment frameworks if managers show how they will create change, said panellists at the Impact Investor Global Summit.

4 min read · 23 May 2023

Impact will become part of all investing

The cast of characters at this year's Impact Investor Global Summit tells a positive story about how institutional investors are thinking about impact.

2 min read · 18 May 2023

Vietnam's Mekong to seek at least $150m for impact debut

Mekong Earth and Forest Fund will target companies that help mitigate climate change through the regeneration of forests and soil in the lower Mekong region.

2 min read · 02 May 2023

LP investments: Growing local roots

In-state investment programmes have a long history, but are we are seeing a new movement of local investing among some LPs in the US and beyond?

8 min read · 02 May 2023

Lloyd's of London launches private markets impact fund

The historic insurance market has teamed up with Schroders Capital to offer investors access to a cross-asset-class impact investment strategy.

2 min read · 12 April 2023

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