At the recent 2024 Batseta Winter Conference, local and global experts gathered to explore how retirement funds can meet climate goals and social development needs while ensuring fair returns for pensioners. 

This paper delves into nine key features that asset allocators and fund managers could consider and integrate into a private market impact investment strategy that aims to realise above market returns for pensioners.  

Summit Africa (“Summit” or “the Group”), is a black-owned and managed impact-focused investment manager that is passionate about providing private market investment solutions that deliver above-benchmark risk-adjusted financial returns while contributing meaningfully to the Social and Economic Development of local communities. 

In the last edition of the African Investing for Impact Barometer by Riscura and UCT Business School, Summit was recognised as a Top Private Equity Manager in Sustainability Themed Investment and ESG Integration (out of 2,640 funds from 382 fund managers in Africa), and in 2023, Summit won the Super Returns Africa Best ESG Fund of the Year award.