Private Equity

Impact investing

Apollo's approach to impact investing

Executives at the alternatives giant discussed the firm's impact strategy at PEI's Responsible Investment Forum last week.

3 min read · 09 March 2021

Responsible Investment Forum: The call for data standardisation gets louder

Industry-wide ESG data standards are the key challenge facing sustainability in private equity markets, asset managers said at PEI's virtual conference last week.

2 min read · 08 March 2021

The innovations shaping ESG and impact investing

From Carlyle Group's ESG-linked leverage debt deals, to Partners Group's covid-19 hardship fund, to Coller Capital's climate modelling for secondaries, we showcase how private equity is proving it can innovate in responsible investing.

2 min read · 31 January 2021

Private equity impact managers outperform non-PE peers – report

PE-focused impact investments saw higher average returns and greater variation than did private debt investments, according to findings from the Global Impact Investing Network.

3 min read · 25 January 2021

France's Cathay Capital founder: LPs are pushing us to launch impact fund

The firm held a final close on Cathay Innovation Fund II on €650m last month, more than doubling the firepower of its 2016-vintage Fund I, founder MingPo Cai tells PEI.

2 min read · 21 January 2021

Coronavirus hasn’t derailed the impact train

That impact funds continue to attract capital during a flight to safety is evidence of LPs’ shifting priorities.

2 min read · 26 November 2020

Brookfield expects impact strategy to grow to $100bn

The firm's Global Transition Fund will invest in assets that will move the economy towards net-zero, including renewables, industrial businesses and infrastructure.

2 min read · 12 November 2020

Why impact investment must become the norm

The sector must follow in responsible investment's footsteps, says Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, founder and managing partner at impact investing platform Bamboo Capital Partners.

3 min read · 01 November 2020

Rebecca Fries on using a gender lens to increase impact

Value for Women’s Rebecca Fries explains how investors can improve their opportunities to innovate and their impact, particularly in the wake of covid-19.

3 min read · 01 November 2020

How can managers avoid green washing?

How can we be sure impact investment claims are accurate? Private Equity International goes inside the race to develop better measurement frameworks.

8 min read · 01 November 2020

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