ESG

Although secondaries investors have limited influence on underlying assets, there are steps they can take to engage with ESG issues and promote science-based targets, says Tim Clare of Anthesis.

With the rise in primary fundraising for sustainable investment, the manager of philanthropic and endowment capital sees the secondaries market following suit.

Alexandra Chauvin ranked 13th in Secondaries Investor‘s 2020 Next Gen Leaders listing of the most promising people in secondaries under the age of 36.

Secondaries firms get a ‘helicopter view’ and the market is unpredictable, Coller’s head of ESG tells affiliate publication New Private Markets.

Representatives from Campbell Lutyens, Partners Group and CalSTRS were among last year’s most quotable denizens of private equity.

Holding assets longer is not always the first consideration for prized assets, healthcare investors said at a Dechert conference.

A provision of a bill in the US House of Representatives that further limits favourable tax treatment of carried interest could make continuation funds untenable, a panel has heard.

GPs can be at the mercy of even the weakest connections to adherence to ESG standards – real or perceived.

Mary Hunt will advise on diversity, equity and inclusion in the Chicago manager's portfolio and manage a new fund focused on the area.

Community organisers cited the secondaries firm's 2019 investment in Pretium Partners, whose portfolio company HavenBrook is facing scrutiny.