Responsible investing goes to the heart of the single most important metric in the debt industry: risk. Whether it’s the risk that climate change poses to portfolios companies, the reputational risks caused by poor governance, or those less-easy-to-quantify issues like diversity and how it affects the bottom line (a lot!), there’s growing awareness that each of the individual components of ESG needs to be embedded within the credit selection process.
Responsible Investing 2020
Covid-19 highlights the need for a more responsible investing approach
Three key environmental, social and governance trends in the private debt space.
Stephen O’Neill: Debt funds are in strong position to influence ESG behaviour
The head of private markets at Nest says off-market lenders have a lot of power to ensure their borrowers act responsibly.
Antares: Prioritising ESG in a changing world
Private debt managers need to integrate ESG principles into every stage of their decision-making process, say Antares Capital’s Shannon Fritz and Vivek Mathew.
New frameworks will help normalise ESG principles
The rise of new reporting frameworks should help debt funds with disclosure requirements, says John Anderson, international counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton.
New EU rules push funds to get serious on ESG
Europe’s sustainable finance and climate change agenda creates a whole new compliance challenge for private debt funds.
Fiera: Taking a proactive approach to ESG
Putting ESG at the heart of decision-making leads to better credit selection and higher returns, argue Theresa Shutt, CIO, and Paul Colatrella, managing director of infrastructure debt, at Fiera Private Debt.
Private debt fits the bill for Africa
The region presents untapped opportunities for private debt investors seeking to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, despite the challenges of the pandemic, writes Ben Jackson.
Nuveen: Private debt’s responsible investment coming of age
The asset class has historically lagged others but is catching up fast, says Allison Spector, director of sustainability at Nuveen.
Impact investing: Is it reinventing capitalism?
The social and economic vulnerabilities exposed by the coronavirus could propel the world of impact investment to new levels.
Rebecca Fries on using a gender lens to increase impact
Value for Women’s Rebecca Fries explains how investors can improve their opportunities to innovate and their impact, particularly in the wake of covid-19.
Bridgepoint Credit: Rising to the ESG challenge
Fund managers and investors are working together to ensure that responsible investment is moving up the private debt agenda, say Bridgepoint Credit’s Alex Hökfelt and Cathy Wang.
How can managers avoid greenwashing?
How can we be sure impact investment claims are accurate? We go inside the race to develop better measurement frameworks.
John Simon: Opportunities beckon for private debt investors in Africa
The founding partner of Total Impact Capital says that for those looking for impact, the region's market is strong and largely untapped.
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