private-equity
private-equity | February 27, 2024
Impact Engine doubles down on “purpose built” private equity with $85 million fund
Impact investing has become trendy among private equity firms as the sector seeks to redeem its reputation for debt-fueled and externality-laden profits. When …
Green Infrastructure | February 9, 2024
Deal spotlight: Keyword for private equity giants: infrastructure
ImpactAlpha, February 9 — It was Infrastructure Week in private equity. As the private equity earnings cycle gets underway, Apollo, KKR and Brookfield …
Clean Energy | February 6, 2024
Brookfield’s second Global Transition Fund raises $10 billion for decarbonization and data centers
ImpactAlpha, February 6 — After raising its inaugural $15 billion Global Transition Fund in 2022, Brookfield has identified a pipeline of investment opportunities, …
Inclusive Economy | January 16, 2024
TPG NEXT anchors Black-led private equity strategy
ImpactAlpha, January 16 — TPG NEXT, backed by a $500 million allocation from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, has lined up a …
Ownership Economy | August 18, 2023
Deal spotlight: Employee ownership as a competitive advantage
ImpactAlpha, August 18 — KKR’s acquisition of New York-based book publishing giant Simon & Schuster earlier this month signals that investors with employee-ownership …
Return on Inclusion | June 6, 2023
Three steps private equity can take to capture alpha through diversity and inclusion
Private equity firms often bring sector-specific expertise and a seasoned perspective to their investments, knowing how to best create efficiencies, improve operations and …
Podcasts | May 12, 2023
The long and winding road to responsible private equity with Tensie Whelan
Host Brian Walsh is joined by NYU’s Tensie Whelan to hear why more and more private equity firms are starting to embrace impact …
Impact Voices | October 6, 2022
How venture firm QED Investors is embracing ESG to strengthen its fintech portfolio
As a concept, ESG is nothing new. The idea of explicitly looking at environmental, social and governance issues as a holy trinity of …
Dealflow | July 22, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Mergers and acquisitions
ImpactAlpha, July 22 — Evidence from the Great Financial Crisis shows that investors that made significant acquisitions have outperformed those that didn’t. Large …
Agents of Impact | January 10, 2020
Delilah Rothenberg, Predistribution Initiative
It’s easy to pile on private equity. The industry’s predilection for heaping debt and risk onto companies and workers, while paying itself lavishly, …
Impact Voices | January 7, 2020
Leverage, compensation and taxation: Doing due diligence on investment fund managers
Impact Alpha, Jan. 7 – Reforming capitalism is all the rage. Many of us in the ESG and impact investing communities are enthusiastic …
community-development | November 13, 2019
Leveraged buyout funds help businesses convert to worker-ownership
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 13 – The widening wealth gap has sparked interest in worker ownership models that can build individual and community wealth. Across …