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The Missing Element of Private Equity

Posted by Ariel Babcock and Victoria Tellez, FCLTGlobal, on Sunday, August 8, 2021 Editor's Note: Ariel Babcock is Head of Research and Victoria Tellez is Senior Research Associate at FCLTGlobal. This post is based on their FCLTGlobal

TA Associates follows rapid $12.5bn fundraise with five senior hires

Global buyout major TA Associates has hired five new vice presidents to be based in Boston and Menlo Park. The post TA Associates follows rapid $12.5bn fundraise with five senior hires first appeared on AltAssets

Venture Capital’s “Me Too” Moment

Posted by Sophie Calder-Wang (The Wharton School), Paul A. Gompers (Harvard Business School), and Patrick Sweeney (Harvard Business School), on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Editor's Note: Sophie Calder-Wang is Assistant Professor of Real Estate at

Private capital funds must invest $5.5bn over next five years amid rising LP demand for transparency

Private capital funds must invest about $5.5bn over the next five years to meet growing demands for investor transparency, new research suggests.

Far from being dismissed by institutional investors amid Covid, ESG has been brought into focus by the pandemic

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to rage across the globe, it would be understandable to think institutional investors might have put ESG considerations to one side - but new research from bfinance seems to prove

Private Equity – Year in Review and 2021 Outlook

Posted by Andrew J. Nussbaum, Steven A. Cohen, and Katherine L. Chasmar, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Saturday, February 6, 2021 Editor's Note: Andrew J. Nussbaum and Steven A. Cohen are partners, and Katherine

Natixis IM-owned Flexstone Partners promotes trio to managing director

Private equity-focused asset manager Flexstone Partners has promoted three new managing directors.

EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose

Posted by Robert Eccles (University of Oxford), Therese Lennehag (EQT Partners), and Nina Nornholm (EQT Partners), on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Editor's Note: Robert G. Eccles is Visiting Professor of Management Practice at Oxford University

Bain Capital seals $800m final close for second impact investing fund: WSJ

Bain Capital has more than tripled its capital under management dedicated to impact investing through an $800m fund close, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

Blackstone brings in ex-LaSalle exec Duchon as first global head of real estate ESG

Blackstone has hired former LaSalle senior exec Eric Duchon in the newly created role of global head of real estate ESG.

More than half of European pensions funds consider climate change when making investment allocations

Climate change has become a top priority for European pensions funds when picking their investment allocations, with 54% considering the environment before making their choice, according to a new survey by Mercer. The consultancy highlighted

Africa-focused PE major Helios hires ex-Carlyle EMEA sustainability head as ESG director

African private equity major Helios Investment Partners has brought in former Carlyle EMEA head of sustainability Phil Davis as director of ESG.

Contracts with (Social) Benefits: The Implementation of Impact Investing

Posted by Anne M. Tucker (Georgia State University), on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Editor's Note: Anne Tucker is Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law. This post is based on a recent

Most institutional investors in real estate expect higher returns thanks to ESG – but much implementation still to be done

Most institutional investors expect higher long-term returns on real estate if ESG criteria are taken into account when making investment decisions, new research from Warburg-HIH shows.

EQT launches “game-changing” ESG-linked bridge financing facility, could reach €5bn

EQT has launched what is believed to be the first ESG-linked fund bridge facility of its kind in the global fund financing markets, calling it a "game changer" for the firm and private equity industry.

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