As 2024 approaches midway, the global economic environment maintains resiliency, furthering expectations for continued central bank easing in the quarters ahead and the path to a relatively soft landing still intact. Despite elevated interest rates, particularly...
Investment News
New 2X Challenge Announces US$20 Billion Target for Investments for Women
Milestone as Private Sector Players Join DFIs and MDBs for 2X Challenge 2024-2027 June 17, 2024 - A multilateral coalition of public and private sector investors yesterday pledged to invest US$20 billion (bn) in womenâs economic empowerment over the...
The Canadian Task Force on Impact Investing
Montreal, May 13, 2024, 7 AM â Some of the countryâs leading impact investors working as the Canadian Impact Investing Working Group are publishing today a report âScaling Impact Investing in Canada Through...
Sarona Asset Management’s Climate Journey: Navigating Risks and Building Resilience
As a signatory to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)1, Sarona Asset Management, Inc. (Sarona) is dedicated to aligning its impact measurement, management, and reporting systems with evolving industry standards. In a strategic collaboration...
Spotlight on ESG success stories of Colombian portfolio companies
Panoramic view of Medellin, Colombia, as seen from the Commune 13 district. Integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into business strategies improves performance. This article showcases Tropi and Mareauto-Alivo, two Colombian companies that,...
TEKY: Empowering Vietnamese Youth through STEAM Education
Sarona is delighted to showcase Sweef Capitalâs recent investment in TEKY Alpha JSC (TEKY), a prominent Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) academy in Vietnam. This investment is intended to fuel the expansion of TEKY's...
Emerging Markets Impact Investment Fund (EMIIF) Impact Study 2021-2022
The Emerging Market Impact Investment Fund (EMIIF) contributes to inclusive, gender equal and sustainable economic development in Asia and the Pacific by providing much-needed financing to early- and growth-stage SMEs while shaping the impact investing and gender lens...
Q4 2022 – Sarona Emerging Markets Monitor
The global economic outlook continues to remain challenging, particularly given the effects of higher inflation, as a result of supply side imbalances following covid-19 and subsequently the war in Ukraine. Energy and food prices remain major contributors to this surge with prospects of further rises in interest rates going into next year. With recessionary warning signs flashing, a flight to safety has strengthened the US dollar, with the index (DXY) peaking above 13% before softening to 4.6% YTD. Despite emerging markets facing higher import costs and stronger inflationary pressures as a result, including the prospects of depleted currency reserves, economic growth forecasts remain positive for this year, albeit at more moderated levels.
Sarona Asset Management’s Theory of Change seeks prosperity for all
Sarona Asset Management's Theory of Change seeks prosperity for all - for all today and all tomorrow. This goes beyond a 'do no harm' mandate; it demands that we seek to improve the earth so that future generations can prosper better than we have. Leave it better than...
For Sarona Asset Management, Gender Equality is about empowering women
For Sarona Asset Management, Gender Equality is about empowering women. Yes, we invest in women-led companies and partner with women-led investment firms, but our Theory of Change demands that we seek to be an agent of change - helping move the world from status quo...
Apis Partners Announces Exit
Sarona Asset Management is pleased to announce another exit from our SGGM private equity programme. Apis Growth Fund I has entered into an agreement to sell the whole of its interest in payment solutions provider Q Link Holdings Ltd to Sanlam Private Equity ("SPE")....