ESG

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

The soon-to-IPO firm has raised $49bn, 45% of its total AUM, since 2018.

Multistage investor Norwest Venture Partners has raised $3bn for Fund XVI, its largest fund to date and its first to include a formal ESG policy.

More than 100 global investor views are represented in Coller Capital's 2021 winter barometer of LP sentiment.

ESG is increasingly a deal-breaker for LPs and GPs are responding by stepping up their game.

Significant macroeconomic shifts, such as the low-carbon transition, bring both opportunities and risks, says chief investment officer Christopher Ailman.

The private equity industry needs standardised frameworks for ESG, says Antonis Anastasiou, director and member of Alter Domus’s ESG committee.

With the cap on alternatives now lifted, UK pension funds are eyeing private markets. But the operational challenges should not be overlooked, says BlackRock’s Melissa Ferraz.

The climate change director of the UK’s development finance institution sheds light on LPs’ role in tackling climate change in emerging markets.