Toby Mitchenall
Toby Mitchenall is the Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability, at PEI Media. He is responsible for New Private Markets, a dedicated intelligence source on impact investing, sustainability and ESG in private markets, and is based in PEI’s London office. Toby was previously a consultant advising private equity firms on marketing and public relations.
Lenna Koszarny, chief executive of Ukraine-focused private equity firm Horizon Capital, says LPs are backing the firm's latest fund now and are not waiting for the war to end.
Healthcare is still the most cited area of increasing LP activity, according the placement agent and advisory firm's six-monthly LP survey.
The cast of characters at this year's Impact Investor Global Summit tells a positive story about how institutional investors are thinking about impact.
The historic insurance market has teamed up with Schroders Capital to offer investors access to a cross-asset-class impact investment strategy.
More than 90% of LPs say they require impact funds to perform in-line or better than their generalist private equity benchmark, according to a survey by Rede Partners.
Central banker-turned-climate advocate Mark Carney has accelerated the private markets’ response to the climate crisis
Virginie Morgon positioned the French firm as a sustainability leader, a role it looks set to continue.
Even amid a tougher fundraising environment, climate funds are 'still very, very topical', says head of sustainable investing for private markets Ken Pontarelli.
The past year brought existential debate, some helpful regulation, and productive collaboration on climate and data matters, but a lack of urgency is still an issue.
The buyout model relies on ‘extracting value for the benefit of a few’, Denmark’s former prime minister told PEI in 2010, as he pressed for a regulatory clampdown on private equity.