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  • Healthcare investing facing 'perfect storm' similar to energy systems, says LOIM

    07 August 2024

    A "wildly inefficient" health system has presented "the perfect storm" of investment opportunity, Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has claimed.

  • Impact mandates do not require an all-or-nothing approach to emerging markets, says BlueOrchard

    06 August 2024

    Tailoring impact investment mandates to commit just a fraction to emerging markets is an increasingly attractive starting point for mobilising greater capital into the Global South, an impact investor has told Environmental Finance.

  • Disproving perceived risk of emerging market investing is a 'complicated matter'

    05 August 2024

    The realities of disproving investor's assumptions on risk regarding emerging market-based investments is "complicated" but necessary for mobilising capital into the Global South, an impact investor has claimed.

  • 'The blue economy today is where AI was three to five years ago'

    03 July 2024

    There is a "massive dearth" of funding for the blue economy, beyond early-stage investment, a venture capitalist has warned, but he maintained the theme is set to boom.

  • Impact Expansion reaches €150m hard cap with maiden fund

    01 July 2024

    Impact Expansion, a spin-out from European impact investment firm KOIS Impact, has closed its debut fund at its €150 million ($160 million) hard-cap.

  • A Labour government the best outcome for UK climate finance, says investor

    27 June 2024

    A win for Keir Starmer's Labour Party in next week's UK General Election would be the best outcome for driving climate finance, a growth investor has claimed.

  • Former Victory Hill CEO launches PE fund

    20 June 2024

    Tower Peak Partners (TPP), a new investment firm launched by the former chief executive and founding partner of Victory Hill Capital Partners, has begun fundraising for its maiden private equity strategy.

  • Two impact investment heavyweights receive Honours

    15 June 2024

    Two London-based impact investment leaders have been honoured with the position of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the UK King's Birthday Honours.

  • General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero acquires significant stake in SDCL

    11 June 2024

    Private equity giant General Atlantic has acquired a 24.9% shareholding in Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL), having invested an undisclosed sum from its climate growth fund, BeyondNetZero.

  • Impact investment momentum is unique and growing, Eurazeo claims

    07 June 2024

    Market momentum for impact investing is "unique" and growing as institutional investors seek out new strategies from experienced investment managers, according to Eurazeo executive board member Sophie Flak.