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More investors view ESG investing as important, but want standardised benchmarks to better understand how it is making a difference.
The City of Chicago treasurer on why he took a stand on ESG and what he considers the biggest threat to private equity as we know it.
David Scaysbrook, co-founder of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, argues that many investors have taken on too much risk in renewables, and explains why the US is a far more attractive market than Australia right now
Standardisation may still be a work in progress but fund managers are already seeing positive outcomes from ESG initiatives, both in terms of social benefits and financial returns.
Over the two months in which Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund had issued a request for proposals seeking a minority, woman-owned or disadvantaged business enterprise, it received only one response. Chicago-based JLC Infrastructure, which fulfilled the requirements of having at least three years’ experience managing institutional capital and $500 million of assets under management, will, as […]
ESG has erupted into the mainstream of infrastructure investing with the ‘S’ sharply elbowing its way to centre stage.
The Melbourne-based fund manager claims to be ‘one of the first’ unlisted asset managers to publish emissions data for its assets and will set targets across its portfolio this year.
Against a backdrop of ever-increasing scrutiny on corporate behaviour, five industry professionals tell us how their firms are maintaining their licence to operate.
Anton Pil, managing partner, JPMorgan Global Alternatives, argues ESG is an integral part of the value proposition and ‘fundamental to the bottom line’.
Investment managers need a plan for management of cyber attacks and personnel misbehavior, panelists at the Texas TRS conference said.