Private Equity

ESG

Five handy items in GPs' value-creation toolbox

Five levers that will be integral to driving portfolio performance over the next five years.

7 min read · 03 October 2022

SAP: The force multiplier approach

Building a culture of innovation and trust is key to enhancing performance at portfolio companies in the mid-market, says SAP’s Nick Maglaris.

3 min read · 03 October 2022

Impact-linked carry faces a fundamental challenge; let’s hope it prevails

It’s a private fund innovation that could be a force for good, and one that some investors may struggle with.

3 min read · 29 September 2022

Neuberger Berman: All-white male investment teams ‘feel like dinosaurs’

The firm sees more ethnically diverse male-led funds than women-led funds when looking at emerging managers, according to managing director Patricia Miller Zollar.

2 min read · 27 September 2022

Florida’s anti-ESG resolution changes little

A demand that the $206bn state pension consider only ‘pecuniary’ factors when investing does little to change its sizeable private markets programme.

3 min read · 08 September 2022

Private equity could fall foul of Florida’s new ESG investment ban

ESG and impact investing organisations are taking note as the US’s fourth biggest pension system acts against the movement.

3 min read · 05 September 2022

Control Risks: Mitigating ESG risks in Africa

Granular intelligence is key to navigating the continent’s ESG landscape, say Kathryn Fletcher and Shawn Duthie at Control Risks.

7 min read · 01 September 2022

Why side letters shouldn’t be sidelined

Greater transparency is welcome. But given the role side letters have in securing ESG-related reporting, we fear the asset class will be poorer with a weakening of those provisions.

3 min read · 25 August 2022

Pension scheme TCFD compliance ‘in jeopardy’ from poor private manager data

Half of private managers ignored Hymans Robertson's requests for climate data availability, with private debt a particular dark spot.

3 min read · 22 August 2022

Australia's private markets investors take action on climate targets

Under new leadership, Australian GPs and LPs are allocating more capital towards strategies and companies that could reduce the country’s carbon emissions.

5 min read · 26 July 2022

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