A Canadian energy investment firm will try to raise $500m for its seventh fund, says a market source, as it shifts its strategy to carbon capture and storage.
New Private Markets spoke to a dozen experts in search of the ESG holy grail: an empirical link between sustainable investing and improved financial returns. Here's what we found.
The EU’s classification of what counts as sustainable could lose credibility at the first hurdle if it succumbs to political compromise, writes Reynir Indahl, managing partner of Summa Equity.
Government intervention will help mobilise private capital to address global challenges, says the firm’s public affairs and impact head.
Black leaders in institutional investment reflect on the social justice movement sparked by George Floyd’s killing, which has brought diversity in finance into the mainstream of ESG.
'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.