Private Equity
Legal & General opens DC offering to private market investments
Legal & General (L&G) has unveiled the L&G Private Markets Access Fund, offering its 5.2m defined contribution (DC) members access to private markets including investments in the energy transition
Germany plans to raise €50bn for energy transition fund
German municipal utilities firms are eyeing the institutional investment market to raise cash for the energy transition
CalSTRS’Jenkinson on political headwinds and investing in hybrid climate solutions
Sitting down with Aysha Gilmore, Kirsty Jenkinson talks about the significant role private markets will play in transitioning the $334.8bn CalSTRS pension fund to net zero
Net Zero with Nawar - private equity, climate tech and the next shiny thing…
Net Zero Investor’s head of research Atharva Deshmukh catches up with Nawar Al’Saadi about why asset owners are increasingly turning towards private equity to invest in climate solutions.
Creating tomorrow’s climate tech leaders: Clean Growth Fund
The £101m venture capital fund could play a key role in helping firms reduce their Scope 3 emissions argues Beverley Gower-Jones, founder and managing partner at the Clean Growth Fund
Net zero reporting: ‘inaction’ not an excuse for data inconsistency in private markets
Data disclosure in private markets can prove challenging for asset owners. Aysha Gilmore takes a look at how investors are pushing for greater transparency
Climate transition funds defy private equity fundraising slump
While private equity has had a challenging year as fundraising slumped to a six-year low, funds banking on the energy transition appear to beat the odds
Private equity: a double edged sword?
A decade of cheap credit and relatively relaxed oversight has propelled the rise of private equity-backed investments into upstream oil and gas
How are the UK’s master trusts tackling the net zero challenge?
The UK's rapidly growing master trust market could become a key player in the transition towards a net zero economy
Investors eye carbon capture as part of transition finance
Institutional investors see green bonds as the safest investment route into this early stage technology