research & reports

ESG adviser Malk Partners finds only 64% of credit funds incorporate ESG into their investment processes.

More than 90% of LPs say they require impact funds to perform in-line or better than their generalist private equity benchmark, according to a survey by Rede Partners.

A survey of 100 GPs found that EMEA managers think they the front runners in portfolio-level diversity.

Village Capital-led research finds that more 'comprehensive and data-driven' decision-making materially reduces the gender fundraising gap.

LPs ranked climate and other impact opportunities behind spin outs and distressed assets as key themes for 2023.

A future in which portfolio companies are required to decarbonise poses 'a real risk for GPs', according to Bain's annual report.

In a survey of 102 organisations with $3.3trn of global assets, 46% said they have seen extreme weather affect their portfolios.

The lion's share of this is being raised for infrastructure investment strategies, according to research from the Paris-based adviser.

Aligning different demographics' pensions pots with impact investment strategies is one of 38 recommendations made in a wide-ranging report from Future Planet Capital and its advisory board member Lord Wei of Shoreditch.

Concerns around financial performance are still keeping some investors from pursuing sustainable or impact investments. For those that have started, climate is the dominant theme.