Hedge funds and private equity are both improving their transparency over ESG. However, while on the private equity side, ESG is more seen as an investment opportunity, complexities remain on the hedge fund side around issues of reporting and shorting, according to Cambridge Associates. Trudi Boardman, Hedge Fund Specialist at
The creator of the world’s first climate bond, the ex-CEO of a FTSE250’s global clean energy business, and the ex-CEO of one of Europe’s leading financial services trade associations, have launched of a new global climate-focused capital raising and strategic consultancy business, called Climate Solutions.
Analysis of a business’s Environmental, Social and Governance credentials must play a far bigger role in due diligence for M&A deals, says Accuracy, a global independent financial and strategic consulting firm. Accuracy says that businesses are becoming increasingly aware of how underperformance on ESG metrics can increase risks and affect
Funds managed by Ares Management Corporation’s European Direct Lending strategy are serving as the sole lenders of GBP1 billion of available debt facilities to the RSK Group (RSK), a UK-based privately-owned multi-disciplinary environmental business. This transaction marks the largest private credit-backed sustainability linked financing to date and will be used
Almost four out of five (75 per cent) of LPs expect sustainability to drive investment decisions over next five years, while 66 per cent of LPs see value creation as a leading driver of ESG, according to new research from Manulife on how private equity relates to sustainable investing. The
Vala Capital has invested in three fast-growth start-ups with sustainable strategies after successfully completing its first funding round for its new Sustainable Growth EIS. The company plans to raise GBP15 million for the sustainable EIS over the next two years and, having raised its target of GBP1.2 million for the
Impact technology company Diginex has closed a USD6 million Series A round led by Fitch Ventures, the equity investment arm of Fitch Group, bringing the total amount raised to over USD8 million.
Multi-family investment office Arete has expanded with the launch of Arete Zero Carbon aimed at helping businesses to achieve net zero carbon. Arete Zero Carbon has been formed in response to UK government’s legislation, which requires all UK businesses to achieve net zero carbon by 2050. Arete Zero Carbon will
TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform TPG Rise, has held the first close of USD5.4 billion in subscriptions to its inaugural fund. With the fund’s first close, TPG Rise Climate is bringing together a unique blend of capital from some of the world’s
Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC) has entered into a new, broad-based funding partnership with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, (Oaktree). Under the terms of the deal, GSC secured a minority equity investment and closed a new, multi-year, multi-tranche credit facility with Oaktree. GSC is private equity backed by lead investor
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