Investors

Restoring the balance between public and private markets

Companies are staying private for longer, but our economies need fully functioning and vibrant public markets as well.

Public markets: After years of private market growth, public markets may gain ground

Thanks to the evolution of a robust private market ecosystem that includes private credit, secondaries and unprecedented amounts of capital, companies are growing bigger and staying private for longer than ever before. Nevertheless, the dream to go public is still very much alive.

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.

Asian insurer FWD names new CIO for Hong Kong, Macau

The incumbent has left the Hong Kong-based firm, which has a $46.5bn investment portfolio, after a seven-year tenure.

Aviva’s Bockelmann on the shift from cashflows to assets

Ahead of December’s Women in Private Markets Summit, Aviva’s Melissa Bockelmann discusses investor appetite for asset-based lending.

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.

General Atlantic Credit on rethinking scale in private credit

The ability to generate returns rather than pursue asset deployment will distinguish private credit managers, according to General Atlantic Credit’s Tripp Smith.