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The covid-19 crisis has done nothing to derail the transition to a carbon-free economy, being driven by some of the world's largest assets owners, the UN climate envoy has said.

The pandemic is an opportunity to return to a 'better normal', according to Yoshitaka Todoroki, who oversees PE and infra at the $1.5trn Japanese pension giant.

PE firms need to explain to nearly a million UK portfolio company employees that the industry's job is to back the 'winners' of the covid-19 crisis, a conference has heard.

As GPs revel in the exuberance of a burgeoning investment trend, some limited partners have begun to question potential conflicts around private equity firms raising SPACs.

Jeffrey Armbrister says deal flow is beginning to pick up, but it might be a while before rescue capital opportunities start to pick up.

Women make up about one in four of senior investment professionals at Neuberger Berman, which employs 'concrete measures' on recruitment and retention.

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Japanese LPs will continue to favour corporate engagement over exclusionary screening of controversial sectors, according to Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer at the country's financial watchdog.

Buyout funds recorded an average multiple of 1.36x on invested capital in the first half of the year, reverting to the 10-year historical average and down from the near-record 1.45x in late 2019.

The $262bn pension had signaled earlier this year that is was interested in applying its "Collaborative Model" to private equity opportunities amid the covid crisis.