Fund managers and investors are working together to ensure that responsible investment is moving up the private debt agenda, say Bridgepoint Credit’s Alex Hökfelt and Cathy Wang.
6 min read · 01 December 2020
The head of private markets at Nest says off-market lenders have a lot of power to ensure their borrowers act responsibly.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
The executive advisor of the European Leveraged Finance Association says more private debt funds will incorporate an ESG policy from top to bottom into their businesses.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
Europe’s sustainable finance and climate change agenda creates a whole new compliance challenge for private debt funds.
6 min read · 01 December 2020
Responsible investing goes to the heart of the single most important metric in the debt industry: risk.
2 min read · 26 November 2020
The fund manager continued to raise capital during a difficult Q2 and reveals plans for the latter half of 2020.
2 min read · 17 September 2020
Sustainability needs to be at the heart of their approach if private lenders are to become an essential part of the financing landscape post-pandemic, says Deborah Zurkow of Allianz Global Investors.
4 min read · 22 July 2020
Excuse rights are a tool for LPs to avoid being committed to investments they would rather avoid on environmental, social or governance grounds, but they can create difficulties for fund managers. Winston Penhall of Reed Smith explains why.
5 min read · 05 June 2020
In a recent survey, infrastructure’s 20 largest managers and investors were asked a series of questions, from how they were reducing their carbon footprint to whether they were divesting from fossil fuels. With some notable exceptions, the industry doesn’t seem to be rising to the challenge.
7 min read · 02 June 2020
There is not sufficient reward for investments that benefit society, argues Ignacio Diez Torca of Trea Direct Lending, who says it’s time for government tax breaks.
5 min read · 26 March 2020
