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Impact is no longer a distinct asset class but is being embraced as an investment style, says Michael Etzel, partner at impact consultancy Bridgespan Group.
As the adoption of ESG criteria becomes mainstream and impact investing continues to evolve, we asked Development Partners International CEO and co-founder Runa Alam and head of ESG and impact Michael Hall about the firm’s approach.
The pandemic has intensified the focus on solving the problems facing society, providing an opportunity for bold new thinking, says the leader and chief catalyst of KPMG’s impact venture practice Tania Carnegie.
Diversity and inclusion have become an increasingly important part of any due diligence when assessing funds or an underlying company, but there is still some way to go, says CDC Group’s Clarisa De Franco.
As the impact investment ecosystem continues to expand, players must be held accountable for delivering on their promises, say Rekha Unnithan and David Haddad, co-heads of impact investing in private markets at Nuveen.
Private equity deals in Myanmar are rising but Delta Capital still encounters some business owners that need convincing about the strategy.
The non-prosecution agreement signed by Robert Smith keeps him out of court, but the next test will be investors’ tolerance of tax evasion.
The private equity industry must decide how its long-established fiduciary duty fits with a crisis like this.
The covid-19 crisis has done nothing to derail the transition to a carbon-free economy, being driven by some of the world's largest assets owners, the UN climate envoy has said.
The pandemic is an opportunity to return to a 'better normal', according to Yoshitaka Todoroki, who oversees PE and infra at the $1.5trn Japanese pension giant.