fund finance

The credit facility is notable for its size and because it is the first of its kind in Asia.

The pricing of the US manager’s latest debt facility is tied to performance measures, including its success in making its portfolio company boards more diverse.

The GP has three ESG-linked fund facilities and was behind 'the world’s largest sustainability loan in the healthcare sector'.

This development means that approximately $10bn of Carlyle's finance has some sort of ESG consideration baked in.

The €1.45bn fund-level facility was arranged by Standard Chartered Bank.

Amy Kennedy, a leveraged finance partner at law firm Akin Gump, describes the development of a market trend that ‘will only continue.'

The Northern European firm, an ESG early mover, has opted for an ESG-linked subscription credit line.

Editors from across the PEI stable jump on Zoom to swap thoughts on a growing trend in private markets: linking the cost of fund-level credit facilities to ESG performance.

Subscription credit facilities linked to ESG have piqued the interest of many GPs in the past year. Could these lines be right for you?

Given ESG-linked facilities are generating ‘a huge amount of interest’, we discuss whether they are the best way to incentivise change.