ESG

As delegates gather for the second day of New Private Markets' Investor Summit in New York, we reflect on some of the recurring themes.

Investors recognise employee ownership is the 'next frontier in private markets', but the sector must overcome obstacles to rise above a niche strategy, according to Chavon Sutton.

As anti-ESG rhetoric in the US intensifies, private markets players appear to be dialling down their messaging, but not their actions.

After an era of exuberance, expansion and ‘rockstar’ roles, sustainability in private markets is being more closely tethered to value creation.

Delegates gathered in Singapore last week to discuss the future of sustainability in Asia.

Tying management compensation to value-creating ESG measures transcends ideology and promotes the pension's fiduciary duty, said ESG head.

Organisations have until 14 November to submit information for our annual awards, which include categories for GPs and LPs in the areas of impact investing and sustainability.

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

The head of an energy-focused venture firm, whose family office has shifted into renewable technologies, mulls the fraught sustainable investing environment in US.

The certification, which must be repeated every three years, is becoming more popular among private markets firms.