Private Equity

As the asset class has grown and evolved, the number of closed-end buy-and-lease strategies has dramatically declined – why?

Supply of Australian Carbon Credit Units is set to increase, providing opportunities for investors looking to offset emissions or generate returns.

With more than 25% of total capital invested in European tech companies going to the carbon and energy sector, sustainability-focused start-ups have attracted tech workers from other parts of the world.

Impact-linked carry 'takes up too much internal bandwidth' at a firm, according to an institutional investor at PEI Group's Responsible Investment Forum in New York last week.

'7 Brew is a prime example of a founder-led business that can really benefit from our data and expertise,' said Blackstone's Todd Hirsch.

Seviora Capital’s T3F strategy has raised $173m to date for a 10-year closed-end fund focused on early-stage investments in agri-food companies across APAC.

EXEO senior partner Avril Stassen says the fact abalone producers export their product and sell to a dollar market helped TerraSan act as a currency hedge within the firm’s $146m Agri-Vie Fund II.

Agri-food and forestry funds rallied in H2 as significant closes at Paine Schwartz, Proterra and Brynwood Partners propelled capital raising.

Annual fundraising for 2023 has slotted into the 8.2bn five-year average as 2022 emerges as the market’s major slump-year since 2018.

The deal to delist Costa Group now only requires the formality of Foreign Investment Review Board approval to complete, with the firm set to become a private company again after listing in 2015.