Private Equity

Impact investing

L Catterton launches impact fund platform with industry and ex-Bain execs

The consumer-focused private equity firm has brought on Harry’s chief growth officer Tehmina Haider and Engine No.1’s Michael O’Leary as partners to lead the strategy.

3 min read · 31 October 2022

LPs warm to idea of climate investing as separate asset class

Speaking at SuperReturn Asia in Singapore last month, senior executives from PSP and Hamilton Lane said investors may consider allocating to climate strategies from a dedicated pool of capital.

3 min read · 03 October 2022

Impact-linked carry faces a fundamental challenge; let’s hope it prevails

It’s a private fund innovation that could be a force for good, and one that some investors may struggle with.

3 min read · 29 September 2022

EU regulators flag ‘misleading’ SFDR disclosures

Separately, the FCA has warned that London-listed companies may face enforcement action for inadequate TCFD-aligned climate disclosures.

2 min read · 04 August 2022

Australia's private markets investors take action on climate targets

Under new leadership, Australian GPs and LPs are allocating more capital towards strategies and companies that could reduce the country’s carbon emissions.

5 min read · 26 July 2022

How Ambienta plans to invest €1.55bn

The pioneering environmental investor has raised more than twice as much for its latest private equity fund as for Fund III. It could have raised a lot more, says founder Nino Tronchetti Provera.

3 min read · 21 July 2022

Pacific Equity Partners: The Australian energy transition story

A generation of nimble and ambitious Australian businesses represents an exciting investment opportunity, say Pacific Equity Partners’ Evan Hattersley and Rosie Johnson.

7 min read · 01 July 2022

Temasek to ramp up impact efforts with direct investing

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

3 min read · 15 June 2022

Japan PE growth sees impact and secondaries momentum

As Japan’s private equity market grows, impact and secondaries strategies gain momentum, and competition for talent intensifies.

4 min read · 01 June 2022

Impact investing: Testing the waters

Now that the importance of ESG is well-understood in Japan, the market is beginning to wake up to impact.

7 min read · 01 June 2022

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