ESG

The fund will focus on projects in Germany and other countries in Western Europe with a comparable regulatory system and seek to generate net returns of at about 4%, although returns can reach up to at least 8% through investment in a sub-fund involving more leverage. Agloria and Universal Investment are looking to avoid projects that ‘frequently miss the forecasted results’.

If recent events have shown us anything, it’s that the world is changing and we need to adapt if we’re to thrive sustainably on this planet.

A statement from pensions with combined assets of nearly $2trn is a clear warning to sceptics.

With three of the world’s biggest LPs calling for sustainable investment, we discuss the thinking and operational commitment needed to be a responsible investor.

One of the first companies in France to switch to B Corp status, Meridiam is also the first infrastructure fund manager to win this award.

We celebrate the managers, institutional investors and advisory firms considered by their peers to have been the standard bearers of the private infrastructure asset class.

The UK insurer’s investment management unit has hired debt and ESG specialist Shuen Chan to lead its real assets group’s expanded ESG strategy.

David Russell, head of responsible investment at the UK's biggest private pension, discusses how the private equity industry is reacting to climate change.

The local government rejected plans by Britain’s ninth busiest airport to grow its passenger limit from 10 million to 12 million on environmental grounds.