ESG
CapMan takes ESG-linked facility for CapMan XI
Raiffeisen Bank International and Danske Bank have provided the capital call bridge facility
Montagu hires Woehl as ESG manager
Kim Woehl joins following four years as a manager in PwC's sustainability and climate change team
Allego to go public via merger with Apollo-sponsored Spac
Transaction values Allego at a pro forma equity value of USD 3.14bn, including a USD 150m PIPE
ICG takes EUR 1.45bn ESG-linked facility for Europe VIII
Standard Chartered Bank was coordinator and mandated lead arranger on the facility
GPs increasingly ruling out investments due to ESG – survey
Majority of GPs polled by Investec have declined to invest in a company on ESG or ethical grounds
One in four LPs willing to trade lower performance for better ESG - survey
ESG-focused LPs "motivated to divest positions in funds where they perceive ESG efforts to be lacking"
ABN Amro launches €425m Sustainable Impact Fund
Fund will make PE and VC investments in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries
Waterland secures €500m ESG facility for eighth fund
ABM Amro, Rabobank and Natixis arrange the facility for the GP's €2.5bn latest fund
BlackRock, Temasek launch decarbonisation fund platform
Decarbonization Partners has a fundraising target of $1bn for its first fund, including capital from Temasek and BlackRock
European GPs get top ESG marks, but diversity remains sore point - survey
Only 23% of Aberdeen Standard Investments' GPs have clear diversity targets in their portfolio companies
Aberdeen Standard Investments hires ESG-focused director
Alexis Crusey joins ASI after seven years at impact manager LeapFrog Investments
Virtual Briefing: ESG and rebalancing through secondaries
Palico's Woolston Commons, Cambridge Associates' Varco and Unigestion's Newsome discuss whether the current crisis will lead to an ESG rethink
ETF closes Environmental Technologies Fund III on £167m
Around 40 existing and new LPs, including British Patient Capital and the EIF, participated
ESG: PE leading the charge in CEE
Growing maturity of the market has been gradually bringing local standards up to western European levels
French PE steps up gender diversity goals and monitoring
French private equity association France Invest launched its gender-parity charter at IPEM
Eurazeo signs France Invest gender diversity charter
GP also plans to appoint women to 50% of its junior investment team roles
How DACH players are adapting to ESG
ESG has become a key concern for GPs and LPs alike in the German market, but the approaches to it still differ
Why Larry Fink should attend Allocate
Allocate launched three years ago to provide private market investors with a forum to discuss mega-trends
Three UK charities on hunt for impact-focused managers
Successful manager would oversee a £32m portfolio with a focus on ESG and impact
Swiss bank launches impact investment arm
Asteria Investment Managers is set to provide institutional investors with access to private equity
KKR bolsters global impact team
KKR has appointed Stanislas de Joussineau to lead the organisation’s global impact team in Europe
Bamboo appoints Milligan as head of diversity
Katherine Milligan previously held roles at the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Danish pension funds set out green investment ambitions
Danish pension funds are set to commit DKK 350bn ($50bn) to green investments
Unigestion opens Copenhagen office
Per Lawгtz Hansen is responsible for leading Unigesiton's new Copenhagen based office