Golding Capital Partners launches institutional impact fund of funds

Golding Capital Partners is launching its first institutional impact fund of funds. The Golding Impact 2021 is a private equity impact strategy based on ESG targets and will focus on companies in Europe, North America and emerging markets producing green solutions in particular for sustainable agricultural technology and financial services.

Golding has targeted an initial fundraising of €300 million for the fund, which has been classified under Article 8+ of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and will initially target 15 investment funds.

SFDR imposes a mandatory framework of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure obligations on asset managers and other financial markets participants. The regulation became effective from 10 March 2021.

“Impact investing is not just the future; it already offers great opportunities for institutional investors today. Our investment decisions can bring about real, sustainable change in a global transformation process, and at the same time add a huge amount of value and so generate reasonable returns,” said Dr Andreas Nilsson, managing director and head of impact at Golding.