corporate finance

In this episode of The New Private Markets Podcast, Nishan Srinivasan of Ambienta joins Toby Mitchenall of New Private Markets and Andy Thomson of Private Debt Investor to discuss the current use of SLLs.

For borrowers and their sponsors, SLLs are a direct way of ensuring ESG integration is a lever for financial value.

The Paris-based firm has included a 25bps decrease reward for strong sustainability performance in almost two-thirds of its portfolio.

The 'missing middle' of climate finance comprises a skills gap, as well as a capital gap, and the project development course is headed to Berlin and Toronto as it goes 'where the entrepreneurs are', says Daniel Matross, global head of research at CREO Syndicate.

Almost two-thirds of direct lending borrowers had an ESG-linked margin ratchet in 2024, according to the firm's Responsible Investing Report.

The EU bank will provide €500m in credit facilities matched by Rabobank and its asset finance subsidiary DLL in support of sustainability-focused companies in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe.

The UK pension’s head of sustainable infra and private equity explains why his team prefers mid-market GPs and outlines other key drivers of its investment strategy.

The firm reports circa $37bn of sustainability-linked loans secured by its infrastructure portfolio companies.

Sustainability-linked loans may be a less frequent point of discussion, but they are still a part of the market.

Global issuance of sustainability-linked loans has softened slightly since a surge of facilities in 2021.