ESG

Market practitioners and academics convened at the University of Oxford Sustainable Private Markets Conference on Monday.

Venture debt or corporate debt products are 'still very much needed', says Priscilla Schnepper of the European Investment Fund, who will discuss key developments at our PDI Germany Forum.

Eiffel Impact Debt II uses ESG levers to encourage sustainability improvements and is one of the largest-ever 'impact' debt funds; strategy head Antoine Maspétiol tells NPM how Eiffel navigated the ‘tough’ fundraising environment.

The fund administrator has recruited Tamara Close, founder of Close Group Consulting, to lead the service in North America.

Sukhvir Basran has joined law firm King & Spalding and has experience in sustainable finance.

Signing the Principles for Responsible Investment is 'a natural step for Verdane', a spokesperson for the firm tells NPM.

It won't just be ESG pioneers and natural capital specialists integrating biodiversity into their investment processes.

Three recent cases against Australian institutional investors highlight greenwashing risks for private markets firms, writes Luke Barrett, a partner at law firm Gilbert + Tobin.

Less than 10 percent of US GPs are monitoring principal adverse impacts, data from LGT Capital Partners shows.

If a potential investee company is deemed to have a material biodiversity-related risk in its operations or supply chain, LGT is 'unlikely to proceed with the investment'.