Impact investing

Firms with an impact slant have a growing presence in the HEC Paris Dow Jones Growth Capital Performance Ranking.

A $39bn pension fund is sounding the alarm over a lack of reliable information at the portfolio company level.

Amethis, an Africa-focused impact firm which Edmond de Rothschild co-founded in 2012, closed its third flagship fund last week.

In today's edition, CD&R appears to be one of the last mega-firms holding out on 'retail'; One of Asia's biggest PE players gets a win in court; Improved impact inflows belie an emerging gulf between winners and losers.

The firm, which is active across private equity, real estate and infrastructure debt, has recruited Mirova co-founder Anne-Laurence Roucher.

Those in DEI and impact investment had to get comfortable with the return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2025.

Launched in April, Sandbrook Climate Infrastructure Fund II held a first close three and a half months later, raising $1.1bn – or more than half of the target – sources told Buyouts.

As anti-ESG rhetoric in the US intensifies, private markets players appear to be dialling down their messaging, but not their actions.

Up-and-coming talent from across PEI Group’s under-40 lists share the sustainability and impact trends that are gaining momentum in alternatives.