Building back better requires more than just capital; it requires social change and good governance, write Joe Baratta, global head of private equity, and Kathleen McCarthy, global co-head of real estate, at Blackstone.
Europe’s hydrogen strategy requires an inflow private capital investment; a comprehensive policy support framework would get this moving, writes Emmanuel de Blanc, head of private markets at Allianz Global Investors.
Pressure is mounting on private markets managers to provide sustainable, repeatable returns, write Christy Fields, head of real estate portfolio solutions and John Haggerty, director of private market investments at Meketa Investment Group.
A new focus on portfolio company workers will help cement private equity’s license to operate, writes Steffen Meister, executive chairman of Partners Group’s board of directors.
Mid-market private equity is the right vessel to 'spearhead ESG outcomes', writes Rory Lonergan, executive director of Australian government-owned investor Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
The fresh capital from Temasek will be used to anchor LeapFrog Investment’s future funds focused on Asia and Africa.
The technology and expertise exist to communicate non-financial KPIs to LPs with regularity, but don’t expect it to happen any time soon.
The investments will be sourced through the $283bn pension's private equity co-investment programme if approved as early as March.
A survey conducted by JPMorgan Asset Management shows Europe places the most importance on ESG considerations during investment, followed by Australia.
The new EU rules will require fund managers to disclose how sustainability risks are integrated into decisions and their likely impact on returns.