Snehal Shah

Harvard: Venture capital ‘should be doing more to incorporate ESG’

Harvard Management Company has a $18bn allocation to private equity – including venture capital – and has brought ESG into its recently redrawn risk tolerance levels in recent years.

'LPs need to up their game' to engage VC firms on ESG

Some top-performing VC firms show 'very little acceptance' of ESG, and LPs must understand the unique VC model to engage them, says UN PRI’s Peter Dunbar.

Why LPs are investing in food for impact

A sector 'on the brink of transition' presents investors with a whole menu of impact possibilities.

Pockets and buckets: How LPs carve out allocations for impact

Universities Superannuation Scheme is the latest in a series of LPs to create separate impact and climate investing allocations across private markets.

Funds of funds saddle up for impact investing push

Allianz and Golding are raising impact fund of funds – soon to be joined by Alpha – as the market is boosted by investor demand, climate mega-funds and regulatory momentum.

Partners Group: We need to avoid cancel culture to achieve diversity

Private infrastructure investors discussed the ‘messy and imprecise’ but ‘noble’ and ongoing business of pursuing diversity.

LPs drawn to ‘audacity’ and ‘speed’ of VC fund’s female founders

Revaia has closed its first fund at €250m and is already planning a second fund that it hopes 'will have an even greater impact.'

Responsible Investment Forum: The call for data standardisation gets louder

Industry-wide ESG data standards are the key challenge facing sustainability in private equity markets, asset managers said at PEI's virtual conference last week.