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The partnership is aiming to back sustainable infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia and plans to scale up to $1bn.
Environmental, social and governance measures are becoming more embedded in the Asia-Pacific private debt market, driven primarily by the requirements of global investors. By Mark Cooper
The ability to advance a sustainable energy agenda is linked to advances on diversity and inclusion ambitions.
There’s no doubt that ESG is a major talking point within private debt but there’s considerable divergence among fund managers on the best way forward.
Are new-fangled margin ratchets the best way to motivate good ESG behaviour among issuers? Some panellists at Private Debt Investor's Virtual Forum 2021 had their doubts.
The vehicle attracted the commitments in less than three months.
The fund will take a stronger approach on ESG than its predecessor, including pricing incentives, to help businesses recover sustainably.
The vehicle marks a major expansion of Amundi’s impacting investing activity.
Credit has been behind other asset classes on ESG, and the US market has lagged behind Europe and Asia, but now is the time to engage in the conversation, say Keith Miller, global head of private debt, and Karlien de Bruin, global head of ESG, at Sanne.
As factors such as regulation drive the sustainability conversation forward, we look at how US credit funds are faring.