ESG

GPs are revamping their sustainability programmes away from broad mandates and towards tailored initiatives that drive value creation and mitigate risk.

LP capital looks set to play a significant role in the rampant expansion of the fund finance universe. Plus: a $70bn pension is cutting its private equity allocation; and why LPs should investigate GPs' understanding of AI sustainability risks. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Pension funds and insurers – as well as GPs – are revising documentation to permit investment into assets that are off limits for many.

Delegates from QIC, Pantheon and Mubadala discuss their approaches to diversity, equity and inclusion at a time when the US administration is taking a more critical view of DEI initiatives.

The sovereign wealth fund is active in Asia-Pacific via funds, directs and joint ventures with GPs, according to PE fund investments manager Mahmoud Al Khatri.

’We’ve discovered through our research [that] if you have decision-makers that are diverse, then the capital will go to more diverse founders,’ says Christine Hockley of British Business Bank.

The UK's former Exchequer Secretary is arguing for better dialogue between governments and the PE industry. Plus: Apollo taps a Swiss private bank to expand its European wealth team; and most large family offices want more PE exposure. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

NOW: Pensions is set to enter private equity and other alternative asset classes, potentially alongside Mercer, director of investment Martyn James tells PEI.

Private equity firms have turned down the heat on fossil fuel investments.