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What role might private debt providers play in the energy transition? John Carey, head of infrastructure debt, Europe, and Lushan Sun, private credit research manager, at Legal & General Private Markets, analyse the opportunities
In the latest Private Debt Investor Podcast, Raymond Wright of London CIV tells of his wariness around loans passing from regulated bank balance sheets to an unregulated market. But he has high hopes for the asset class in areas such as asset-based finance and secondaries.
A new round of fundraising brings total deployable capital for the fund to €240m to back innovative sustainability businesses in the Netherlands.
Private debt is playing catch-up in attracting investors from the retail space, but new legislation is helping.
A growing number of managers are looking to private debt in pursuit of positive impact.
Impact funds are winning favour in Europe among LPs looking for differentiated strategies.
Impact and SFDR classification has always been an awkward marriage. It's no surprise sophisticated market actors are moving away from it.
Private debt, historically seen as lagging on ESG, is making rapid progress according to experts at Private Debt Investor's Europe Summit this week.
A Moody’s report and a Lombard Odier white paper offer different visions of risk and opportunity for lenders in the sustainability space.
Emerging markets are proving it is possible to make responsible and sustainable investments over the cycle and see a genuine impact, says Nicholas Bamber, head of private credit at LGIM Real Assets.