A lack of regulatory alignment on ESG disclosure has created a noisy backdrop of third-party standards and metrics so private equity funds are attempting to lead the way instead… For much of the past 10 years, private equity firms have been swimming in an alphabet soup of ESG standards.  Recent estimates put the figure at around 200 standards globally, for reporting and assessing sustainability risks across fund portfolios. Many have little coordination between regulators, investors or across different jurisdictions.  A lack of standardisation can make it difficult to outwardly assess the impact of ESG progress on financial results and has

With renewable energy asset valuations and new oil and gas investment in question, energy investment is being redefined by electrified transport, hydrogen and energy storage…

By Colin Leopold – The billion-dollar impact fund is now a reality for mainstream private equity houses. Can they stay true to the roots of impact investing and meet the expectations of LPs?

Ciesco, a specialist M&A advisory firm operating in the technology, digital, media and marketing sectors, has reported positive M&A activity in Q1 2022 despite geopolitical turmoil. Cisco’s latest report reveals 500 transactions announced in Q1 2022 in the sector – a 17 per cent increase in year-to-date activity from Q1 2021, with deal activity spiking 48 per cent in January.  Ciesco’s research found Digital Agency, MarTech and Digital Media were the sectors showing the highest deal volume with 86, 67 and 64 deals respectively. Digital Agency was found to be one of the most successful sectors for M&A deals, returning

Sixty per cent of Limited Partner (LP) respondents surveyed in the Brackendale Private Equity Technology LP Sentiment Survey H1 2022, produced in association with AssetMetrix, said that they would be more likely to consider allocating to a fund, if the fund manager had a tech-enabled partner to outsource their middle and back-office activities to.

Private equity and hedge fund assets are the most likely to see relevant levels of tokenisation as the market begins to build, new global research from tokenisation platform Token City shows.

By Colin Leopold – Large institutional investors in Japan and South Korea are increasing their overseas private equity exposure but the process has been slow. A booming private wealth market could be quicker…

By Colin Leopold – Rising public market valuations and tech-based disruption has pushed investors towards sector specialist managers. Demand is now building for more general macro strategies too…