Private Asset Impact Funds Show Resilience in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Forecast Double-Digit Growth in 2021

With a record sample size of 175 impact funds, the 2021 edition of Tameo’s flagship research report brings refreshing transparency and a holistic understanding of key trends and benchmarks inherent to impact investing strategies through funds.

The 2021 Private Asset Impact Fund (PAIF) report analyzes a subset of the impact investing universe, focusing on fund investment strategies that target emerging and frontier markets, with a development finance impact bias. This ecosystem comprises over 250 specialized investment boutiques and the 500 private asset funds that they manage or advise, with an estimated size of $38 billion. The survey captures close to two thirds of the market in assets under management (AUM), with $24 billion covered in the study sample.