ESG

LGT Capital Partners: How to make a lasting impact

What measures do direct lenders need to take to make a real difference to their portfolio companies? Jonathan Smith from LGT Capital Partners, head of the firm’s ESG and impact investing efforts in its private debt unit, outlines the priorities.

LBP Asset Management on the power of private investors to drive change

In Europe, ESG remains a key consideration for investors, while elsewhere the conversation has become more muted. Peter Arnold, head of European private markets at LBP Asset Management, examines the landscape.

To draw talent to impact, a rethink on fees may be needed

If impact is to attract the most talented GPs – and a wide pool of investors – it mustn’t make itself too expensive.

Amid a storm of uncertainty, thinking on sustainability is getting sharper

Sustainability-related initiatives are clearly focused on material, impactful, financial objectives, if comments at NEXUS 2025 were anything to go by.

APG, TIAA help Arcmont raise €475m for impact credit strategy

NPM first reported that Arcmont had registered an impact credit fund last November.

Fidelis Investors enters the RTL deal pipeline

Launched with Morningstar’s blessing, the firm’s February securitisation has 435 underlying loans.

ESG heads are value creators, and their firms know it

Data on the compensation received by heads of ESG shows how the role they occupy has developed.

Article 8: The new normal for private credit?

What Article 8 classification means and why it may be important to take advantage of today’s rules before they become more strict, by Rachel Lowe and James Oussedik of Proskauer.

Sustainability: Are American and European investors so different?

The US may look to travel in one direction as Europe heads in the other. But there may be less to this divergence than meets the eye