Three key environmental, social and governance trends in the private debt space.
4 min read · 01 December 2020
As sustainability moves up the agenda, private debt funds can help build a collective approach to ESG issues from institutional investor level through to portfolio practices, says Sonia Rocher, managing director in BlackRock’s European private credit group.
7 min read · 01 December 2020
The founding partner of Total Impact Capital says that for those looking for impact, the region’s market is strong and largely untapped.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
How can we be sure impact investment claims are accurate? We go inside the race to develop better measurement frameworks.
8 min read · 01 December 2020
For debt funds with more limited access to managers, leveraging influence at the due diligence stage is critical to responsible investing, says Coralie De Maesschalck, head of portfolio and ESG at Kartesia.
5 min read · 01 December 2020
Putting ESG at the heart of decision-making leads to better credit selection and higher returns, argue Theresa Shutt, CIO, and Paul Colatrella, managing director of infrastructure debt, at Fiera Private Debt.
5 min read · 01 December 2020
As private debt funds hone their focus on ESG, the big challenge is to find effective ways to influence the management of the underlying asset.
7 min read · 01 December 2020
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
