inequality

As private markets initiatives related to specific social issues such as diversity and employee-ownership mature, inequality more generally could become a priority for private fund managers and investors.

The industrial association wants all of its GP members to have profit sharing schemes in place by 2030.

Despite their relatively small size, in-state and local impact allocations will require more oversight and draw more scrutiny than investors’ main private investment buckets.

Two organisations – the Predistribution Initiative and Impact Frontiers – are working on a framework to manage sustainability risks born from the way we currently invest; they want input from LPs and GPs.

New Jersey-based Syridex Bio is financing therapies for diseases that disproportionately affect underserved populations.

PEI senior reporter Carmela Mendoza and senior editor Adam Le discuss how private equity firms sharing equity with an entire workforce can create upside and value for investors.

Employee ownership programmes, which seek to build wealth among company workers, are gaining traction in the private equity industry. Are investors losing out on upside, or benefiting from increased value creation?

Debt fund manager North Wall is considering specialising in ESG litigation for its third legal assets fund after agreeing to lend £100m to law firm PGMBM from its second litigation fund.

Investors are looking beyond the immediacy of the climate crisis to a brewing social emergency.