Toby Mitchenall
The weight of the institutions involved and the clarity of the approach suggest that the ESG Data Convergence Project could herald the standardisation of ESG data in private equity.
Are new-fangled margin ratchets the best way to motivate good ESG behaviour among issuers? Some panellists at Private Debt Investor's Virtual Forum 2021 had their doubts.
The GP has three ESG-linked fund facilities and was behind 'the world’s largest sustainability loan in the healthcare sector'.
The renewable energy investor has smashed its €800m target and is looking at new countries and sub-sectors with Fund IV.
The shift to sustainability in private markets deserves its own dedicated information source.
Sophisticated LPs have been aligning themselves with sector-specialist GPs in recent years, and this pair's $500m partnership is a milestone deal.
The simple idea of giving all portfolio company employees an ownership stake in their firm could give GPs a competitive advantage.
The group, which includes some of the world's largest private equity and infrastructure firms, pledges to share knowledge on climate-related risks and 'improve the resilience' of long-term investment portfolios.
For better or worse private equity fundraising will have to be conducted with less of a human touch.
Private equity fees – both in terms of size and transparency – are becoming more of a bugbear for investors, according to PEI's upcoming LP Perspectives 2020 report.