Impact Investing At $28BN Scale: Scaling Sustainable Capital Across Private Markets

Episode notes

In this episode, I sit down with Jonathan Hirschtritt, who helped build and now leads sustainable and impact investing at GCM Grosvenor - an alternatives-only asset manager that’s been around for more than 50 years. The firm manages over $80 billion across the full spectrum of alternatives, including private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and credit. Within that, Grosvenor oversees roughly $28 billion aligned with sustainable investing, with a more tightly defined impact allocation across private markets. We talk about Grosvenor’s non-concessionary, returns-first approach and how custom separate accounts give clients the flexibility to define their own impact priorities rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all impact fund. We also cover: Why intentionality and measurement define impact How customization changes investment outcomes What private markets allow that public markets don’t Why energy transition has become a mega theme inside infrastructure Tune in to learn how impact investing actually works inside large institutional portfolios and why private markets control investing can be such a powerful place to drive measurable outcomes.

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