Real Assets

The investment will fund over 1,000 zero-bills homes across the UK, delivering new-build properties aimed at reducing fuel-poverty, guaranteeing residents no energy bills for at least five to ten years.

Ecosystem Investment Partners, which invests in large-scale wetland, stream and habitat restoration projects across the US, has announced the final close of its fifth fund with commitments from both local and European investors.

Real assets are becoming a safe haven for impact investors as population growth, urbanisation, energy demand and food insecurity put the planet under increasing pressure, a report by Phenix Capital said.

The initiative aims to address London’s housing shortage by delivering social homes, student beds and community infrastructure, by repurposing underutilised land and assets.

Ambienta’s majority stake acquisition of the Stockholm-based trenchless water infrastructure firm No Dig Alliance follows on from the launch of new small-cap strategy.

The acquisition of Sandringham Mews will turn a West London car park into more than 300 high-quality homes with shared amenities.

A range of UK pension funds and other institutional investors have backed the Forest Fund VI, which aims to support biodiversity preservation and flood mitigation.

The French real estate investment management company has raised €325m for the first close of its third intermediate housing fund, the Fonds de Logement Intermédiaire III.

Hy2gen has raised €47m from existing shareholders in a funding round led by Hy24, through its Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure Fund.

The impact investor hopes the government support will help attract further private investment that will help the fund to grow to some £50m.