Impact Investing

BlackRock joins Apollo on Behrman electronics deal

The $500m deal centred on Micross Components, which has grown its revenue 10x over the last five years.

Impact secondaries firm North Sky makes managing director promotion

The Minneapolis-based firm expects to finish deploying its most recent programme, Clean Growth Fund V, by the end of this quarter.

Impact firm North Sky makes secondaries hire

The Minneapolis-headquartered firm is investing the $220m Clean Growth V, which counts Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System among its investors.

It’s the secondaries industry’s time to shine

Let us know your highlights from the past year in what will be the 20th year of affiliate title Private Equity International’s PEI Awards.

The secondaries market of tomorrow for infra investment

Mark Benedetti and Vladimir Colas, the co-heads of Ardian US, explain what is fuelling the surge of interest in infrastructure secondaries.

StepStone’s Greenspring buy shows secondaries M&A in heat

The acquisition is at least the fourth this year by a large firm looking to get in on a rapidly expanding market.

Morgan Stanley makes headway with latest GP-led secondaries fund

Ashbridge Transformational Secondaries Fund II is targeting $3.5bn to invest in complex deals, with single-asset restructurings a key focus.

How the UK’s national security regime could affect secondaries and fund investments

The National Security and Investment regime could cause uncertainty and significant administrative burdens for investors, write legal experts from Hogan Lovells.

CPPIB cuts secondaries commitments for second straight year

The pension moderated the pace of new secondaries commitments, citing a high risk/return bar amid decreased market activity as a result of the pandemic.

Arcano raises €200m for impact FoF

The fund makes primary, secondaries and direct co-investments in funds and businesses ‘with a clear focus on environmental impact’.