ESG

As private debt funds hone their focus on ESG, the big challenge is to find effective ways to influence the management of the underlying asset.

The head of private markets at Nest says off-market lenders have a lot of power to ensure their borrowers act responsibly.

The executive advisor of the European Leveraged Finance Association says more private debt funds will incorporate an ESG policy from top to bottom into their businesses.

Europe’s sustainable finance and climate change agenda creates a whole new compliance challenge for private debt funds.

Responsible investing goes to the heart of the single most important metric in the debt industry: risk.

The fund manager continued to raise capital during a difficult Q2 and reveals plans for the latter half of 2020.

Sustainability needs to be at the heart of their approach if private lenders are to become an essential part of the financing landscape post-pandemic, says Deborah Zurkow of Allianz Global Investors.

Excuse rights are a tool for LPs to avoid being committed to investments they would rather avoid on environmental, social or governance grounds, but they can create difficulties for fund managers. Winston Penhall of Reed Smith explains why.

In a recent survey, infrastructure’s 20 largest managers and investors were asked a series of questions, from how they were reducing their carbon footprint to whether they were divesting from fossil fuels. With some notable exceptions, the industry doesn’t seem to be rising to the challenge.