News & Analysis

IFM has formed an internal taskforce to implement the new target, building on work it has already done in its Australian portfolio.

The private equity industry must decide how its long-established fiduciary duty fits with a crisis like this.

The pandemic is an opportunity to return to a 'better normal', according to Yoshitaka Todoroki, who oversees PE and infra at the $1.5trn Japanese pension giant.

Women make up about one in four of senior investment professionals at Neuberger Berman, which employs 'concrete measures' on recruitment and retention.

Japanese LPs will continue to favour corporate engagement over exclusionary screening of controversial sectors, according to Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer at the country's financial watchdog.

Public market flotations by highly coveted and well-funded ag start-ups have followed in the footsteps of Beyond Meat’s 2019 IPO, adding to the growing signs of industry maturity.

LPs are increasingly using sustainability criteria as a factor in fund manager choice.

The firm says it signed the pledge because action is needed through policy and business to better mitigate global biodiversity risks.

The investment is Tenacious’s first outside Australia and the second overall from its inaugural fund, which closed in Q1 2020.

Greenspring Associates joins CalPERS and NY Common in using software developed by Lenox Park Solutions to measure diversity of fund managers and portfolio companies.