Caroline Weir, a former partner and financial controller at NewSmith Asset Management, has joined the placement agent in London.
Industry players predict closing the carried interest loophole will be an immediate priority for the incoming US president.
The Swiss firm's impact investment arm has committed an undisclosed amount of capital to Shared-X, which works with smallholders in emerging markets.
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is looking to make inroads in the sectors as part of a revamped real assets investment strategy.
Forestland Group, the sixth timberland investment management organisation is the US, is the country's biggest seller of forest carbon credits, according to chief executive Chris Zinkhan. Here, he tells us about the carbon market, and his long-term investor base.
The EU, EBRD and a third institution are financing smaller farming businesses to replace Soviet-era equipment and diversify into new agricultural sectors like honey and dairy.
Ari Levine, who covered marketing and communications for 21 Partners in France, has joined Unigrains in the newly created role.
The Colombia-registered company aims to raise $180 million over the next five years, on top of the $35 million it is targeting this year.
The $130bn Canadian pension fund is optimistic that recent structural reforms in these two countries will unleash new sources of investment.
The Connecticut system of pension funds, which allocates 9.2% of its $30bn in assets to private equity, named Laurie Martin deputy CIO to replace Deborah Spalding, who became CIO in July 2015.
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