A guide of guides
08.04.2025 – Guides
From best practice to ESG reporting and valuation guidelines – all the key resources you need in one place.
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25 results for "ESG"
Column: Brand values
25.03.2025 – Contributors
Columnist and HR specialist Laura Callahan explores what the next generation cares about most – including authenticity, sustainability and purpose – and how this applies at work.
Why LPs are tiring of the ‘next big thing’
19.03.2025 – Contributors
Chasing trends won’t win over LPs – conviction will
Accounting tech stack: inefficient, disconnected and risky
24.02.2025 – Articles
Survey finds inefficient and disconnected systems are bottlenecking productivity and potentially increasing compliance risks.
GRESB most useful for valuations
10.02.2025 – Articles
New stats show GRESB’s popularity for portfolio valuation work when it comes to ESG and sustainability considerations.
From articles to sustainability strategies
19.12.2024 – Articles
The Platform on Sustainable Finance has proposed a new categorisation system that would replace the current SFDR article classifications.
An IR team built for today and tomorrow
11.12.2024 – Articles
Karen Sands, COO of Federated Hermes Private Equity has transformed the firm’s IR team over the past 12 months, growing headcount from 1.6 to six FTEs, with a mix of skill sets, experience, professional qualifications and seniority. We spoke to Sands to find out how she did it and the impact it’s had so far.
How to SDR
13.11.2024 – Articles
Zeroing in on key SDR sticking points for UK funds and the parts of SDR firms are still in the process of implementing.
How to SFDR
11.11.2024 – Articles
Exploring the persistent SFDR challenges firms are facing and how they are best advised to manage them in practice.
Horizon scanning
28.10.2024 – Articles
The latest thinking from the CSSF and the FCA on private capital markets’ rules.
Geopolitical uncertainty reshaping investment strategies
21.10.2024 – Articles
PGIM’s 2024 Global Risk Report, based on the findings from a survey of 400 institutional investors managing $9trn in assets, underscores the need for resilient investing strategies in an increasingly unpredictable world.
The Steve Darrington Series: ep 4 The future of PE
09.10.2024 – Articles
In this episode, Steve Darrington, recently retired chief risk and finance officer of Phoenix Equity Partners, discusses the future business model of private equity firms, from the importance of harnessing data to growing AUM vs generating alpha.
Less than 14% of senior roles held by women
01.10.2024 – Articles
The second edition of Level 20’s Report on gender diversity in European private equity and venture capital shows small improvements.
Baseless virtue signalling
27.09.2024 – Articles
Key findings from Pitchbook’s sustainable investment survey.
Lux perpetua
18.09.2024 – Articles
New figures demonstrate robust growth and resilience for the Luxembourg funds industry in 2023, with PE regulated and unregulated funds reaching €1.2trn across over 5,040 funds and sub-funds.
Walking the Walker (Guidelines)
27.08.2024 – Articles
Consultation on Walker Guidelines hints at increased disclosure of board composition, ownership structures, risk management and ESG.
Adjustment needed
27.08.2024 – Articles
As the implementation period for ESMA’s ESG-related fund name guidelines begins, ratings agency Sustainable Fitch finds 11% of rated entities don’t meet minimum safeguards
ESG commitment strong but slowing
21.08.2024 – Articles
According to new figures, private equity’s ESG practices continue to improve but at a slower pace compared with previous years.
Information overload
24.07.2024 – Articles
“1,600 questions and all in different formats; it’s killing us.”
How GPs are responding to ever-mounting information demands from investors