ESG

Climate risk, DEI and other sustainability factors are still a focus for many investors – and GPs, it seems – despite the recent backlash against ESG, shows our LP Perspectives 2026 Study.

L&G’s Jake Harper says institutional investors may uncover an attractive risk-return profile in emerging market private debt.

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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