'Do what you say you’re going to do': Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis and Akin Gump talk to New Private Markets about the SEC, fiduciary duty and whether ESG will enter US law.
The firm – an outspoken proponent of sustainability in investment – will try to raise €300m for the Europe-focused vehicle.
Representatives Maxine Waters of California and Joyce Beatty of Ohio included the two big private equity players among a list of 31 investment managers who received the letter.
After securing a $1bn first close at the end of 2019, the global renewables fund reached an ‘inflection point’ last summer, according to head of renewables David Giordano.
The PE heavyweight’s GP platform, which aims to back the next-generation of diverse managers, will provide both seed capital and working capital of more than a year to its GPs.
Jaime Prieto, founding partner at the firm, says the growing appetite for private debt funds that meet ESG criteria is 'clearly noticeable'.
Mid-market investor EV Private Equity is tying compensation for Fund VI to the achievement of impact objectives.
An annual survey by Aberdeen Standard Investments of its private equity managers reports a backslide in US firms’ ratings.
New Private Markets talks to Pete Stavros, partner and co-head of Americas private equity at KKR, about the firm’s approach to giving employees equity in their companies, and how it could catch on.
Private credit investors are well positioned to engage with management teams, but more work needs to be done to standardise metrics, writes Will Nicoll, CIO of M&G’s private and alternative assets team.