Archive

  • Beyond climate: turning the SDGs into an investment strategy

    29 October 2021

    SDG-related listed equity indexes are within reach and can offer attractive financial and impact returns, write Alexander Bassen, Mathieu Verougstraete and Sander Glas

  • Dedicated impact mandate for pensions 'could be key' to growth of market

    04 October 2021

    Requiring pension funds to set aside a small part of their portfolio to invest for positive impact could help grow the market while still satisfying trustees' fiduciary duties, a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance heard. Michael Hurley reports.

  • Just maybe, debt capital markets can save the planet

    30 September 2021

    In its latest report, WWF poses fundamental questions about the debt capital markets, examining their rapid progress in the last five years and anticipating their evolution through this crucial decade, write Margaret Kuhlow and Jochen Krimphoff

  • The billion-dollar funds that have changed impact investing

    20 August 2021

    What does the broader impact market think of large private equity giants' positive impact claims, Michael Hurley asks

  • The IPCC report - 'code red' for humanity

    13 August 2021

    The latest IPCC report should shock the world into climate action - and for investors that means prioritising positive impact, writes Rupert Welchman

  • Impact at scale: Apollo Impact

    03 August 2021

    In the latest in a series of articles on large private equity impact funds, Marc Becker tells Michael Hurley how Apollo is investing for impact

  • Impact at scale: KKR Global Impact

    02 August 2021

    In the latest in a series of articles on large private equity impact funds, Ken Mehlman and Robert Antablin tell Michael Hurley how KKR is investing for impact

  • Impact at scale: Bain Capital Double Impact

    30 July 2021

    In the latest in a series of articles on large private equity impact funds, Bain Capital tells Michael Hurley how the firm is investing for impact

  • Impact at scale: The Rise Fund

    29 July 2021

    In the first of a series of articles on large private equity impact funds, Maya Chorengel and Steve Ellis tell Michael Hurley how TPG is investing for impact

  • Introducing 'instrumental impact' and 'ultimate ends impact'

    23 July 2021

    Freshfields this week released a report on the legal implications of impact investing, which also sought to introduce new terminology to the investment niche. Peter Cripps reports