Sustainable bonds are 'stretching for smaller sovereigns'
New Zealand struggled to find adequate eligible projects for its issue, necessitating robust management of its green spending. Ahren Lester writes
Circularity Capital leads €40m round in surplus food retailer
Goldman Sachs: social impact investing to grow in 2024
"The leg of sustainability that investors will focus on next is social impact," according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management's 2024 investment outlook.
UK to target impact as part of expected Growth Fund announcement
The UK Chancellor will announce a UK Growth Fund, using private capital to fuel its public policy priorities and target positive environmental and social impact, at this week's Autumn Statement, an academic has claimed.
Impact fund selection: weeding out 'window dressing'
Impact-focused limited partners are using frameworks including the EU's SFDR to root out misleading claims of impact. Michael Hurley reports
Unlocking the potential of catalytic capital
Catalytic capital can be transformative in supporting private investors to deploy capital at scale for a just transition to net zero, writes Kieron Boyle
KKR announces $2.8bn close of second impact fund
American private equity firm KKR has announced the close of its $2.8 billion Global Impact Fund II (GIF II).
Japan embraces impact investing in pursuit of a 'new form of capitalism'
Prime minister Fumio Kishida is on a mission to harness impact investment to spur economic growth in Japan. How might it transform the market, asks Michael Hurley