Impact Investing

The digital publication will provide insight into the burgeoning sectors of ESG and impact investing in private markets.

The listed alternatives giant hired two Partners Groups executives last year to help launch the effort, which could grow to a $50bn business overall for the firm.

Investing in businesses at one remove means secondaries firms need a different dynamic if they are to innovate on environmental, social and governance issues.

Nash Waterman and John Wolak had co-led the investment bank's secondaries unit after former secondaries head Jonathan Costello left in 2016.

The private debt asset class has matured to the point where the secondaries market is beginning to develop scale, writes Daniel Roddick of Ely Place Partners.

Representatives from AlpInvest Partners, NYCRS and the UK's Nest pension fund say it is only when GPs play their part in tackling climate change that LPs can make their portfolios resilient.

Principal Ryan Ramsey says a limited pool of buyers helps make the nascent secondaries market an exciting space within agriculture.

The firm, which collected over $95m for its inaugural impact fund, will reserve a portion of its latest offering to acquire fund stakes and directs portfolios.

Ardian UK head Olivier Decannière discusses ASF VIII, transaction leverage and where it plans to invest all its dry powder.

The investment manager closed its latest fund last September on $220m.