ESG

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.

Rising stars on the future of sustainability in private markets

Up-and-coming talent from across PEI Group’s under-40 lists share the sustainability and impact trends that are gaining momentum in alternatives.

Private capital’s role in the fight against climate change

As the all-important 2030 deadline to limit global warming looms, are private markets on track to help meet the world’s critical climate needs?

Alternatives managers change tack on ESG comms

As anti-ESG rhetoric in the US intensifies, private markets players appear to be dialling down their messaging, but not their actions.

Sustainability: Managers double down on value creation and metrics

After an era of exuberance, expansion and ‘rockstar’ roles, sustainability in private markets is being more closely tethered to value creation.

Bain Capital on bridging a stubborn bid-ask spread

A dislocation between soaring equity markets and economic fundamentals could yet prevent buyers and sellers coming together on price, says Bain Capital’s global head of private credit Michael Ewald.

SAIL Investments: The future of private credit is strategic

The next evolution of private credit is going global, becoming a source of capital that builds long-term strategic value and resilience in the real economy, according to SAIL Investments’ Johnny Brom.

Lean times for green loans?

Given changing attitudes to ESG, PDI explores whether sustainable loan structures still have a future in the world of fund finance.

ESG: From loud declarations to subtle integration

It may be less publicly discussed in this political climate, but the subject has not disappeared as a key part of risk management.

SAIL Investments on rethinking global private credit – what’s next?

Sustainability should not be treated as a sub-segment of private debt, but as something that can fundamentally transform the entire asset class, maintains Johnny Brom, chief investment officer and founder, SAIL Investments.