ESG policy
26 October 2020
BWAM calls on industry to dismantle racial inequities
BWAM's open letter to investment firms calls on them to commit to action, activism, and accountability to dismantle the racial inequities plaguing society
19 October 2020
UN launches SDG impact standards for PE
The standards are voluntary and freely available for use as best practice standards and a self-assessment tool
15 October 2020
Human traffic
We caught up with PER about the latest hiring trends and return to office activity across the UK and Germany
1 October 2020
Private equity’s return to work
Taylor Wessing partners Emma Danks and Helen Farr outline the key litigation risks of returning to the office
24 September 2020
Comment: Culture drives results
Riverside COO Dörte Höppner believes culture is intrinsic to performance, and now is the time to talk about it
21 September 2020
Comment: Cross-border marketing of funds
Richard Small, partner of Addleshaw Goddard, deciphers increasing complexities around crossborder marketing rules
17 September 2020
Profile: Debojit Mukherjee, Agilitas Private Equity
The chief operating officer discusses what attracted him to his role, how the firm measures and tracks ESG and why their Sustainable Value Creation report is so important
14 September 2020
ESG: From checkbox to value creation
Private equity firms have been dutifully integrating ESG reporting, but few use it as a genuine driver of value
28 August 2020
LISTEN: MUFG’s Mike Dickey on ESG reporting
Alice Murray talks to Mike Dickey, head of product at MUFG Investor Services, about the data flow of ESG information between GP and LP
27 August 2020
Comment: Compliance and ESG - Overhead or value-driver?
The crisis will likely bring about more stringent financial and environmental regulations; cutting compliance and ESG resources could bear greater costs, warns Robin Lööf and Edoardo Troina at Debevoise & Plimpton
13 August 2020
Comment: ESG regulation is coming
Jan Gruter of Addleshaw Goddard deciphers what new regulatory frameworks could mean for private equity
10 August 2020
Comment: PE & ESG… It’s time to look at your technology providers
George Ralph, managing director of RFA believes service providers are next in line for communicating their ESG credentials
3 August 2020
The Impact Investing Operating Principles: the power of independence
Audits and regulatory practices are vital for tracking cash, but where are the equivalents for environmental and social impacts?
11 June 2020
EQT secures largest ESG-linked sub line
EQT's Therése Lennehag: "With this ESG-linked financing facility, we actively contribute to increasing the availability of high-quality ESG data, critical for the financial markets to be able to build a resilient and regenerative economy"
4 May 2020
PRI, “A shield against COVID-19: embedding human rights in investment”
The PRI's Bettina Reinboth and Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen believe private capital has crucial role to play in safeguarding human rights
27 April 2020
To B or not to B?
Is the B-Corp certification the answer to standardising ESG reporting?
21 April 2020
Ocorian acquires Allegro
The deal furthers Ocorian’s fund admin offering across all investment structures and specialisms including green energy, listed and private funds
23 March 2020
Levelling the playing field
Highlights of recent developments by various bodies to regulate and standardise ESG
19 December 2019
Take the risk
The cultural shift towards robust risk management is finding its way to private equity, and with it, the potential to unravel entrenched structures.
5 December 2019
The Profile: Therése Lennehag, EQT
Therése Lennehag explores current ESG trends, technological advances, her role within EQT, the nuances of characteristics of those working on ESG initiatives and her outlook on how these roles will develop
4 July 2019
Profile: Lincoln Jopp, Disruptive Capital
From soldier to partner, Jopp isn't a typical private equity practitioner
7 September 2018
5 minutes with… The Private Equity Stakeholder Project
New project aims to connect workers with private equity firms
3 September 2018
Retail is PE’s major ESG trouble hotspot
Consumer-facing companies key source of reputational risk due to poor supply chains
9 August 2018
Using numbers to win hearts and minds
Citizens reject PE’s value creation credentials. Could data help GPs tell their story?