Investors putting capital to work in private market transition assets face unknowns around government policy, but the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford has heard that private credit also fits well with the long term nature of transition investments and brings valuable relationships with investee companies.

Delegates at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium, Oxford University heard how an allocation to biodiversity champions, without any tech exposure, only slightly trails the MSCI World in a reflection of how it is possible for investors to make money in biodiversity solutions.

Regeneration will become a key investment theme in the future but investors will find it easier to focus on a single impact rather than try to invest according to multiple biodiversity themes, according to Gabriel Micheli, senior investment manager, thematic equities, Pictet Asset Management.

A panel session at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford discusses how the absence of policy is making net zero investment more challenging. Asset owners have to work hard to explain to beneficiaries why net zero targets give a better risk adjusted return.