Investment

ACTIAM has partnered with IHS Markit to utilise data on loan sector curves to value private debt loans, a move they hope could boost investor confidence in financial inclusion funds and contribute to the growth of this impactful sector

Capital commitments to impact funds dropped last year due to Covid, but the sector has shown “remarkable resilience” throughout an unprecedented two-year crisis, Phenix Capital said in its annual report on the industry

SDG-focused fund, managed by Sweden’s Summa Equity, becomes Europe’s largest impact fund closing at €2.3 billion, as more return-driven investors move into the impact investment space

DWS Invest ESG Women for Women invests in companies with strong ESG credentials, with particular attention to social aspects. Fund manager Katharina Seiler discusses how it will be run by women and invest only in companies addressing women’s issues. DWS has launched a new sustainable equity fund with a twist. DWS Invest ESG Women for […]

Dutch pension provider APG is investing $750 million in a new fund managed by ILX Management which will invest jointly with development finance institutions to provide loans for SDG-focused companies and projects in emerging markets

In her efforts to green the European logistics sector, GLP’s Natali Cooper describes the struggle to get granular data, and the growing awareness of climate risk..

The impact investing sector needs to listen more to who it is trying to help and move away from ‘billionaire philanthropy’, argue the authors of ‘Letting Go: How philanthropists and impact investors can do the most good by giving up control’…

The start of lithium-ion battery production at Northvolt’s large-scale ‘gigafactory’ in Sweden is the latest milestone in Europe’s drive to establish a homegrown battery manufacturing sector to meet the surge in demand for electric vehicles..

A €3 trillion investor coalition led by Achmea is asking the main Covid-19 vaccine manufactures – Pfizer (BioNTech), Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and Astra Zeneca – to link executive pay to increased availability of vaccines across the globe…

The reluctance of mainstream institutional investors to make impact investments in the high-risk regions where they are most needed, according to a recently published report by the Impact Taskforce, a G7-backed think tank..