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After a year characterised by dramatic, and in some respects 'disappointing', regulatory change, veteran private markets sustainability lawyer Simon Witney urges law and policy makers to create clear, proportionate and evidence-based regulation.

Alex Farmer, the head of the sustainability practice at the US law firm, is 'excited' to see more mature and larger impact strategies in 2026.

Investors' expectations have 'shifted firmly towards transparent, outcomes-based sustainability reporting', according to Kasper Hansen, managing partner and CEO of AIP Management.

The tech investor's fifth fund is already around twice the size of its predecessor, with sovereign wealth funds from Europe and Asia coming into the first close.

The scaling back of CSRD has founders doubting the need for environmental policies, according to Revaia sustainability manager Anaïs Blarel.

Final proposals for SFDR reform see tightened exclusions for fund categories, end to entity-level PAI reporting.

Thanks to the evolution of a robust private market ecosystem that includes private credit, secondaries and unprecedented amounts of capital, companies are growing bigger and staying private for longer than ever before. Nevertheless, the dream to go public is still very much alive.

Companies are staying private for longer, but our economies need fully functioning and vibrant public markets as well.

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.