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Lessons, Leadership and Lasting Impact: Reflecting on Canada Climate Week
During Canada Climate Week, Sarona Asset Management and the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development (CAFIID) convened industry leaders who have shaped, and continue to shape, Canada’s impact investing landscape. The gathering marked a dual milestone: Sarona’s 15-year anniversary and the launch of CAFIID’s latest State of the Sector report, offering a fresh look…
Sarona Asset Management Named 2025 Social Purpose Company of the
Sarona Asset Management has been named Social Purpose Company of the Year at the Greater Purpose Awards in Toronto, Canada, an honor that recognises Sarona’s leadership in aligning profit with purpose and redefining success in impact investing.
How Private Capital is Reaching 74,000+ Students in Emerging Markets
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 reinforces civic institutions. This article highlights the range of educational investments that Sarona Asset Management is making…
Global resilience shapes constructive outlook
As 2024 unfolds, the global economic environment continues to remain resilient, raising expectations for central bank easing in the upcoming quarters and increasing the probability of a relatively soft landing. While interest rates stay elevated, particularly across developed markets, the consensus holds that rates have peaked during this cycle. The disinflation trend continued, primarily driven…
The 2X Challenge: Insights from Sarona’s Portfolio
Sarona recently became a member of the 2X Global Initiative, a global membership association dedicated to advancing gender smart investments. We assessed if and how Sarona and our fund and company investees are aligned with the 2X Challenge objectives. Download the PDF Report
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"). SPE will obtain a majority stake in Q Link with the…
Patrick Hergt earns the Chartered Financial Analyst designation
Sarona is happy to announce that Patrick Hergt has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation (CFA® charter) that he has worked on while supporting our investment and business development teams fulltime. Patrick Hergt has been with Sarona since 2012, starting as an international intern from Brock University’s Goodman School of Business. He has worked on…
OnImpact Features Sarona and EMIIF
It was announced last year, Sarona Asset Management would be tasked with managing the Australian Government’s Emerging Markets Impact Investment Fund (EMIIF), which is the Federal Government’s first foray into fund-of-fund impact investment in Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. OnImpact had an opportunity to speak to Serge LeVert-Chiasson, Managing Director of Impact at Sarona,…
Sarona Asset Management recognized as one of the Best for
We are beyond happy and incredibly proud about being recognized as one of the Best for the World™ B Corps of 2021 in the categories for Community and Governance! The Best for the World are B Corps whose scores in one or more of the five impact areas assessed towards the certification reach the top…
Sarona named to 2019 Best For The World: Overall list
Sarona is proud to receive recognition for our on-going efforts in creating extraordinary positive global impact with a spot on the Certified B Corporation 2019 Best For The World: Overall list. The list is a comprehensive assessment administered by B Lab, a non-profit-making organisation that serves a global movement to align the interests of business…
Gerhard Pries interviewed for Real Leaders magazine: “4 Lessons from
Sarona founder, Gerhard Pries recently spoke to Amy Bennett (Impact Assets) for Real Leaders Magazine. Pries describes how he went from working as a financial advisor for PricewaterhouseCoopers to the managers of an impact investment firm, and Bennett draws on four lessons to learn from his work. Read the full article here.
