Toby Mitchenall
Grappling with European sustainable finance rules was one of the central themes of this year's Impact Investor Global Summit and uncertainty was order of the day.
The manager has secured a $1.2bn credit facility for its latest energy fund that incorporates a 'use of proceeds' format and a margin ratchet.
The weight of the institutions involved and the clarity of the approach suggest that the ESG Data Convergence Project could herald the standardisation of ESG data in private equity.
Are new-fangled margin ratchets the best way to motivate good ESG behaviour among issuers? Some panellists at Private Debt Investor's Virtual Forum 2021 had their doubts.
The GP has three ESG-linked fund facilities and was behind 'the world’s largest sustainability loan in the healthcare sector'.
The renewable energy investor has smashed its €800m target and is looking at new countries and sub-sectors with Fund IV.
The shift to sustainability in private markets deserves its own dedicated information source.
Sophisticated LPs have been aligning themselves with sector-specialist GPs in recent years, and this pair's $500m partnership is a milestone deal.
The simple idea of giving all portfolio company employees an ownership stake in their firm could give GPs a competitive advantage.
The group, which includes some of the world's largest private equity and infrastructure firms, pledges to share knowledge on climate-related risks and 'improve the resilience' of long-term investment portfolios.