Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has committed to align its portfolio to Net Zero by 2050. Actis will continue to invest in critical infrastructure assets which catalyse systemic change and help the world to align to a Net Zero pathway. In order to identify these assets and aid its investment decision-making process, Actis has developed a Transition Tool, which is already successfully used across every Actis investment. The Tool identifies Net Zero aligned “Green” asset investment opportunities as well as “Smart Olive” assets that have a clear path to decarbonisation and which will be essential for securing a

Stellus Capital Management has reported significant year-over-year increases in capital deployed and capital committed, as well as a considerable increase in the firm’s total number of investments. In 2021, Stellus deployed USD761 million of new capital, a year-over-year increase of 122 per cent, and committed USD870 million of new capital, a 155 per cent year-over-year increase. Stella’s also I=increased its number of new portfolio investments by 39 per cent year-over-year, and reached USD2.4 billion in assets under management, as of 1 February, 2022.   Stellus was founded in 2012 when it was spun out of the Direct Capital Unit of

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs) has launched a new investment capability focused on investment grade private placement debt for the firm’s insurance, pension and sovereign wealth clients. The Debt Private Placement Investors (DPPI) platform will originate and manage 4(a)(2) and select 144a Private Placement (PP) investments. The launch adds an important investment offering to the firm’s asset management platform. Goldman Sachs Asset Management manages over USD400 billion in insurance assets for over 200 clients across a broad spectrum of asset classes.   The team will be led by Jessica Maizel, who joined Goldman Sachs in 2021, bringing over 18

AXA IM Alts, a specialist in alternative investments with cEUR183 billion of assets under management, raised a record EUR18.2 billion of capital in 2021, including EUR10.2 billion of third party commitments. The capital was raised from AXA IM Alts’ increasingly globalised client base, with 50 per cent of third party capital raised coming from European and 50 per cent from non-European clients for the first time. At a regional level, North America and Asia Pacific contributed almost equally to the capital sourced out of Europe, with both markets having been key areas of expansion for capital raising and investment for

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) has opened three new subsidiary company offices in London, New York and Hong Kong. The moves are in line with PIF’s continued expansion and will assist in the fund’s future international growth. PIF is an active investor in some of the world’s most innovative and transformational industries and businesses – including in the UK, Europe, US, Asia and South America. The new subsidiary companies offices will further enable PIF to continue to work with its partners across regions globally while helping to transform global economies and drive the economic transformation of Saudi Arabia.    PIF’s

Private investment firm Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital) has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

European mid-market private equity firm Gilde Buy Out Partners is rebranding as Rivean Capital (Rivean). The firm’s team and strategy remain the same. With offices in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, Rivean has taken a local-for-local approach to delivering creative growth solutions for aspiring business leaders for four decades. As one of the most established private equity firms in Europe, the team manages over EUR3 billion of assets and has completed more than 250 investments.

Lower-mid market private equity firm NorthEdge is celebrating a successful year-long partnership with global healthcare business, the Helios Global Group. NorthEdge announced its investment into the medical communications and strategic consultancy firm back in January 2021 and has noted several key milestones with the business since the collaboration began.     Over the last twelve months, the Helios management team has implemented several initiatives for the company, including opening two new offices in the UK, diversifying its client base, and launching a US agency – all whilst continuing to keep its people, culture and values at the heart of the company.