Private Equity
The New York Times’ unflattering portrait of the industry is best ignored: but the industry’s image needs constant care and maintenance
3 min read · 25 August 2016
The Global Impact Investing Network’s latest report shows that impact investing measurement and management can yield useful data for investors and portfolio companies.
3 min read · 22 August 2016
<span class="s1"><em>The </em></span><span class="s2"><em>five-year plan is made of six strategic initiatives, including one focused specifically on private equity fee and profit-sharing transparency.</em></span>
3 min read · 16 August 2016
The award is part of the firm’s Green Solutions Platform, which measures 30 portfolio companies' efforts to manage their environmental impacts.
2 min read · 16 August 2016
European LPs aren’t the only ones concerned with environmental, social, and corporate governance issues—these days, US LPs are increasingly keen to know what buyout giant KKR is doing to be part of the solution, KKR’s ESG director Elizabeth Seeger tells Private Equity International.
4 min read · 22 July 2016
The non-profit, which seeks to boost the percentage of European women in senior private equity roles, will use the backing to fund its mentoring programme.
2 min read · 27 June 2016
Current political uncertainty is a threat to ESG engagement. The private sector has an urgent responsibility to provide strong leadership, writes William K. Reilly.
5 min read · 07 June 2016
<p>Signatories attending the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) meeting in Paris this week co-hosted by Ardian discussed issues including member accountability and diversity. </p>
2 min read · 03 June 2016
A shift in demographic trends and a maturing market are some of the reasons UBS thinks impact investing is a strategy to adopt now.
2 min read · 01 June 2016
In the wake of the Paris Agreement struck in December 2015 that set new goals for limiting global warming, the IIGCC has issued new guidelines for the industry.
2 min read · 27 May 2016
