Impact investing is growing in both Canada and Australia, yet capital often remains domestic and fragmented. A recent CAFIID webinar brought together organisations from the two countries to examine whether closer collaboration could help. The conversation was...
In 2024, SGGM portfolio companies supported nearly 190,000 jobs across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, 40% held by women. Since inception, nearly 98,000 new jobs were created, including 47,300 for women. Sector Highlights: Financial services: 56,000+ jobs;...
Yola Education, Vietnam As students across the world return to school, we are reminded that education is one of the most powerful levers for change. Beyond preparing young people for the workforce, it fuels economic growth, raises incomes, improves health, and...
Sarona’s 2023 Impact Report highlights steady progress in advancing gender equality, climate action, and economic growth across emerging markets. This year, our SGGM Program has supported over 268,000 jobs, with 40% held by women. Since its launch, the program has...
Tackling climate change requires thoughtful and innovative business models that go beyond traditional approaches. Mober, a green logistics company based in the Philippines, has been recognized in Forbes Asia's 100 to Watch List for 2024. As one of only three companies...
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...
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 women’s economic empowerment over the next three years,...
Montreal, May 13, 2024, 7 AM – Some of the country’s leading impact investors working as the Canadian Impact Investing Working Group are publishing today a report “Scaling Impact Investing in Canada Through Mobilizing Asset Owners” to spur growth of the sector. The...
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...
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,...
Sarona is delighted to showcase Sweef Capital’s 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 educational services...
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...
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 - 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. 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...
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")....
