LGPS Central, the £45bn partnership for eight UK public pension funds, is growing its responsible investment team from four to six and planning a ‘range of fund launches for this financial year across numerous asset classes’.
Asset manager M&G is in the market for a private credit impact director to join Catalyst, its £5bn private markets impact fund launched in February 2021.
Of GPs, 62% say they have declined an investment in the past year due to ESG factors, compared to 55% the year before, according to Investec’s survey of private equity managers.
Former Fried Frank associate Mary Beth Houlihan is the latest partner to join global private equity law firm Kirkland & Ellis’s ESG & Impact practice group.
Kristina Arsenievich has delivered sustainability programmes with a number of organisations, both in house and as a consultant.
The energy transition-focused fund manager has deployed roughly 60% of Infragreen IV and plans to launch Fund V, for which it will link carried interest to ESG objectives, next spring.
The renewable energy investor has smashed its €800m target and is looking at new countries and sub-sectors with Fund IV.
The proposed amendment would see the public pension scheme ‘consider ESG factors’ in investments insofar as ESG affects risk and returns.
The UK-based investment heavyweight sees carbon capture as the best way to decarbonise industrial companies.
Limited partners – particularly in Europe – are asking for 'opt-out' options in side letters, finds placement agent Capstone in its survey of investors.