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  • Impact markets 'littered with examples of mismanagement of social issues'

    28 February 2020

    Impact investors should step up efforts to measure and manage their negative impact, particularly on social issues, according to Actis.

  • Actis raises $1.2bn for energy infrastructure fund

    15 August 2019

    Actis has raised $1.2 billion for a fund that will invest in energy infrastructure, including solar and wind power generation assets.

  • Actis creates ‘industry first’ impact measurement framework

    15 April 2019

    Emerging markets investor Actis has launched a framework to help limited partner investors compare the impact of their investments across different sectors and geographies, in what it claims is a first for private equity.

  • People Moves: Deka Investment, RCG, E3G and Actis

    12 April 2019

    Deka Investment, a subsidiary of German DekaBank with €282.9 billion (€320 billion) assets under management, has appointed Ingo Speich as head of sustainability and corporate governance.

  • Actis readies open-source SDG assessment tool

    02 August 2018

    Emerging markets investor Actis plans to introduce an open-source framework for assessing the contribution of its portfolio companies with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Lekela seals financial close of Senegal’s first utility-scale wind farm

    30 July 2018

    Renewables platform Lekela Power has reached financial close for the first ever utility-scale wind project in Senegal.

  • Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018

    13 June 2018

    DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.

  • Greenko expands with Orange Renewables acquisition

    04 June 2018

    India's Greenko Group has expanded its Indian portfolio with the acquisition of Orange Renewables.

  • People moves: Montanaro Asset Management, UNEP Finance Initiative, Beyond Ratings and Lekela

    18 May 2018

    Montanaro Asset Management has set up an advisory committee for its Better World Fund, to be chaired by Michael Sheren, senior advisor within the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority.

  • Actis sells Ostro Energy to India's ReNew Power

    04 April 2018

    Private equity firm Actis has exited the Indian renewables market with the sale of Ostro Energy to domestic independent power producer ReNew Power.