ESG

Three high-profile firms have recently launched fundraises that will focus exclusively on the sector, underlining a growing trend in the asset class.

The credit portfolio, which is targeting total returns of 5-7 percent, aims to boost awareness of environmental, social and governance issues in emerging Asian markets.

The UK utility's repeat offences that led to a record-breaking fine raises serious questions about how asset managers are held to account.

Until now, aircraft debt has largely been overlooked by investors. Aymeric Angotti, head of aircraft private debt at Ostrum AM, looks at how the strategy is attracting institutions with long-term liabilities

The ratings agency has noticed the ‘growing trend’ of ESG-linked debt instruments as an additional variable for investors.

Just over a third of private equity managers consider diversity in their investment processes, according to LGT Capital Partners' ESG Report 2019.

Claiming investment needs ‘can’t be met by a handful of institutional investors’, the Swiss asset manager is offering its open-ended listed fund to retail investors.

Partners Group’s Esther Peiner and EDHECinfra’s Frédéric Blanc-Brude give their views on the impact of environmental, sustainability and governance measures on infrastructure investment.

The wave of automation that is just starting to hit private equity portfolios needs to be thought-through from an ESG standpoint, delegates at the Operating Partners Forum: Europe were warned on Tuesday.

More investors view ESG investing as important, but want standardised benchmarks to better understand how it is making a difference.