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An L&G survey indicates increasing enthusiasm for impact investing mandates within the private markets portfolios of UK pension schemes, insurers and charities.

At the Impact Investor conference, industry experts focused on the opportunities, challenges, and considerations when it comes to integrating biodiversity and natural capital into investment portfolios.

The Article 9 fund has been created in partnership with natural capital specialist IWC, majority owned by BNP Paribas Asset Management, and has raised $130m at first close.

A market study published by SpainNAB and the Esade Centre for Social Impact also revealed that direct impact investments in Spain grew by 26% in 2023 to over €1.52bn.

Healthcare has become a major focus for impact investors. At this year’s Impact Investor Conference, leading voices in the sector discussed the challenges and opportunities of investing to boost innovation and expand access to healthcare.

Blue Earth Capital has completed an investment into a private hospital in Namibia specialising in maternity and neonatal healthcare, in support of its acquisition by private equity investment manager Salt Capital.

Atradius DSB, Lendahand and Carabus have joined forces to launch a new financing model, offering European retail investors full guarantees on their investments into social impact projects in emerging markets.

The €400m impact fund backed by the Dutch government is developing its strategy in support of missing-middle SMEs, based on experience of its first decade of operations, and on discussions with stakeholders.

The public-private blended finance vehicle was launched two years ago with seed investment of £30m (€36m) from the UK government.

With more than half of global GDP dependent on systems provided by nature, protecting biodiversity plays a crucial role in keeping the world economy stable, the sustainable lender said in a new white paper.