Infrastructure

A survey by Apha Real Capital shows increased interest from local authority pension funds in social infrastructure investments, ranging from education, health and social housing.

The Urban Resilience Fund is a multi-vehicle blended finance initiative, backed by DFIs and other investors, to support climate-focused projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

The investment will allow Arcadia eFuels to develop the world’s first commercial facility to produce low carbon e-fuels for the aviation sector. 

The UK’s Impact Investing Institute leads efforts to drive more institutional capital into underinvested cities, towns and regions

The new fund will focus on addressing major social inequality in the UK, which is growing following the COVID-19 pandemic

With global leaders due to meet next month in Egypt at COP27, the mayors of some of world’s biggest cities have announced a record investment in climate projects for cities in the Southern Hemisphere.

The investment was made through the Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds and supplemented by further investments from MSCI and Fairview Equity Partners

The Article 9 fund is one of Europe’s largest cross-border residential investment vehicles, with a portfolio of around 30 properties in seven countries

The tool, developed in collaboration with Springco, looks at the impact that a residential building or complex can have on those living there, and on its surroundings

A new report by the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment calls on investors to look beyond “traditional” thematic investments towards place-based investing in poor urban communities