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As factors such as regulation drive the sustainability conversation forward, we look at how US credit funds are faring.
The sector has emerged from last year’s covid-related uncertainty stronger than ever with fundraising on the up and ESG increasingly important.
Issuance has shot up in the first half of this year, underlining the importance of best practice being applied.
The private debt firm has written a giant direct loan, its first to have a margin linked to ESG targets.
ELFA and LMA have teamed up to provide a sustainability best practice guide for loan providers.
Kartesia’s Laurent Bouvier, managing partner, and Coralie De Maesschalck, head of ESG, talk to Private Debt Investor about why it is time to shift attention to ESG.
Concerns over inflation and public market volatility play into the hands of private markets investors, says Northleaf Capital Partners managing partner Stuart Waugh.
Good environmental, social and corporate governance practices are essential, but the operating models to support them remain immature.
ESG is dominating debate across all fields of investment, including private debt. Partners Group’s Andrew Bellis and Christopher Bone explain that different forms of lending need different approaches, and that dialogue with companies is key.
With investors growing in confidence after an uncertain year, attention is moving to ESG in the wake of new EU rules, say Laurent Bouvier, founding managing partner, and Coralie De Maesschalck, head of CSR and ESG, at Kartesia.