Fund financing and ESG: from the impact niche to the mainstream
Following a spate of ESG-linked fund financing facilities announced in recent months, Harriet Matthews reports on the challenges and advantages of such facilities, and how lenders, sponsors and LPs are looking to take ESG beyond a check-box exercise.
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