Sustainable Lending

The virtuous circle: energy and digital infrastructure

Houlihan Lokey’s paper offers the theory as Nvidia strikes deals with investment managers that illustrate the practice of AI infra buildout to the tune of $500bn.

4 min read · 14 August 2026

Private credit ‘a more structurally aligned solution’ to missing middle: CREO

The $100bn to $200bn climate funding gap cannot be filled with equity capital primarily, research from the family office syndicate states.

2 min read · 24 July 2026

CalSTRS and Nuveen strike $2bn strategic partnership for debt fund and ‘adjacent opportunities’

The funds will be used for sustainable opportunities across Nuveen’s energy platform, including its Energy & Power Infrastructure Credit Fund II.

3 min read · 14 July 2026

EQT’s massive sustainability-linked credit facility leans into materiality

The $4.4bn subscription credit facility reflects a shift in the way sustainability is integrated into private markets investment processes.

3 min read · 16 June 2026

Private credit sharpens focus on climate’s missing middle

Recent moves by Lightrock, Nest and Galvanize offer signs that the private credit market is starting to bridge the climate financing gap, but there is still a long way to go.

3 min read · 11 June 2026

Lightrock plots credit strategy to fill ‘missing middle’

The strategy, which is yet to formally launch, would look to finance capex-intensive clean tech businesses.

2 min read · 28 May 2026

Ashmore Group partners with EBRD to scope out impact debt fund

Global Affairs Canada and blended finance network Convergence have provided a grant for the manager to develop a proof of concept.

2 min read · 22 April 2026

New York Life and Candriam acquire majority stake in Kartesia

The deal sees the existing minority shareholder take 80% of the European private credit business.

1 min read · 03 March 2026

CalPERS looks to expand emerging managers programme

Peter Cashion, managing director for sustainable investments at the Californian state employees’ pension plan, is encouraging the real assets and private debt teams to engage with more emerging and diverse fund managers.

3 min read · 02 December 2025

Why sustainability-linked loans should be a talking point

For borrowers and their sponsors, SLLs are a direct way of ensuring ESG integration is a lever for financial value.

3 min read · 06 November 2025

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