Michelle Teo

1 week ago | dealstreetasia.com | Michelle Teo

Private equity investors are missing out on hundreds of billions of dollars in potential investments in climate adaptation and resilience (Climate A&R ) globally, say BCG and Temasek in a new report. Investors have not been able to capitalise on opportunities in the sector, owing mainly to the difficulties in identifying assets or businesses that can generate attractive returns.

1 week ago | dealstreetasia.com | Michelle Teo

Across major economies in Southeast Asia, there potentially needs to be some $50 billion in annual investment by 2030  to “activate systems-level solutions”. These include developing a sustainable bioeconomy, developing next-generation grid infrastructure to improve reliability; and driving the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), including expanding infrastructure, across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

2 weeks ago | dealstreetasia.com | Michelle Teo

It was early February 2017, and Pope Francis was challenging the people gathered in front of him to change the structure of an economic system that had so far produced only worsening inequalities and environmental damage. His audience was certainly in a position to do so: A room full of leaders in business, professions, and academia, as well as young people and wealthy individuals from across the world, Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

1 month ago | dealstreetasia.com | Michelle Teo

In this edition, climate policy and finance experts talk about issues that go beyond the announcements out of the White House. We also take a look at the rise of private credit in financing climate action; and ask if a different approach to risk management can help drive climate finance to where it is most needed. Over the past five years, a key set of energy transition assets in private markets has generated returns that outpaced their peers in the public markets, according to research by MSCI.

1 month ago | dealstreetasia.com | Michelle Teo

Temsek-backed private equity impact fund manager ABC Impact has raised more than $600 million for its second vehicle, it said in a statement. Fund II, which is double the size of the firm’s inaugural fund, has garnered commitments from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a Southeast Asia sovereign wealth fund, a US family office, as well as Temasek, Temasek Trust, SeaTown Holdings, Mapletree Investments, and ultra high net worth individuals.