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Responsible Investment Forum: Key takeaways

Almost 300 industry professionals gathered in London this week for PEI's Responsible Investment Forum. Here are four takeaways.

2 min read · 07 June 2019

BlackRock global alts head: ‘Quality of ESG data is a challenge’

Coverage, frequency and consistency are key challenges, BlackRock Alternative Specialists' David Lomas told PEI's Responsible Investment Forum on Wednesday.

2 min read · 05 June 2019

Alter Domus: Automation and data sophistication signal the future

As the private equity industry faces the peak of the cycle, George Rologis, chief commercial officer and head of strategy and EMEA at Alter Domus, says fund administrators will need to up their game for the benefit of the market

8 min read · 31 May 2019

PODCAST: Leapfrog’s CEO on separating the impact investing wheat from the chaff

Fresh from raising a $700m fund in May, Leapfrog Investments’ Andy Kuper talks to Toby Mitchenall about how impact investing will evolve as more firms enter the fray.

1 min read · 30 May 2019

PSERS postpones vote on US buyout fund over ESG concerns

Advocacy groups raised concerns with the US pension about Platinum Equity portfolio company Securus, which manages inmate phone systems for state prison systems.

3 min read · 28 May 2019

Future special: The changing face of the LPA

Calls are growing for the standardisation of the limited partnership agreement, but moves towards uniformity are fraught with difficulties, lawyers say

6 min read · 09 May 2019

RSM: How data became an ESG issue

Validated data and reporting excellence are the future of corporate responsibility, says Anthony DeCandido, RSM partner and financial services senior analyst

7 min read · 01 May 2019

Baker McKenzie: The ‘huge potential’ of healthcare

Technological advances are creating opportunities in the medical sector for private equity firms prepared to embrace innovation, say Baker McKenzie partners David Allen and Jane Hobson

5 min read · 01 May 2019

Brunei’s abhorrent LGBT stance is unlikely to deter private equity

Precedent suggests the industry won’t distance itself from the country’s $60bn sovereign wealth fund as a result of its laws regarding homosexuality.

3 min read · 18 April 2019

AP4's alternatives head on the three ESG areas GPs need to improve on

Jenny Askfelt Ruud, head of alternative investments at the €35bn Swedish pension fund, says GPs need better strategic angles when it comes to sustainable investing.

3 min read · 03 April 2019

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