A detailed assessment of ESG performance is required for effective due diligence – a harmonised approach needs to be adopted, says Churchill Asset Management’s Mickey Weatherston.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
ESG data and KPIs are moving up the agenda in private debt, especially where due diligence and sustainability-linked loans are concerned, say Jason Park, a partner in the Ares Credit Group, and Salma Moolji, European ESG lead at Ares Management.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
Managers continue to up their efforts with colleagues and communities, despite the economic challenges, say Paul Woods, director of sustainability, and Jan Wade, group chief people officer, at Arrow Global.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
While direct lending remains attractive, investors are looking to new strategies that benefit from dislocation, says Paul Buckley, managing partner at FIRSTavenue Partners.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
The investing environment has become volatile and unpredictable, but Isabelle Scemama and Deborah Shire of AXA IM Alts see opportunities ahead for private debt and alternative assets overall.
8 min read · 01 December 2022
Transparency is improving as new regulatory initiatives take hold, but fund managers still need to work hard to get a better understanding of what their investors need, say Arendt’s Stéphane Badey, Nicolas Bouveret and Antoine Peter.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
MV Credit’s Emilie Huyghues Despointes discusses how lenders need to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
By putting ESG at the heart of due diligence in private debt investing, lenders can focus on sustainable companies that will deliver better investor outcomes over time, says Fidelity International’s Michael Curtis.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
Antares Capital’s Rich Davidson tells Private Debt Investor that demographic trends, along with continuing tech innovation, will provide opportunities for the healthcare market to grow.
1 min read · 21 November 2022
