Private Markets
The allure of the unlisted: should active owners have faith in private equity?
A decade-long boom in private equity asset allocation has left a mist of investor optimism.
Nature finance: are biodiversity credits moving too fast?
Efforts to scale up nature finance fuel an interest in biodiversity credits, but experts worry that the momentum is unable to digest the complexity
Allianz banks on green hydrogen in the Nordics
German insurer Allianz has invested €20m in Norwegian hydrogen and green ammonia plant Fuella
Financing net zero: asset owners’ challenge to scale climate investments
Addressing market failures and nurturing public-private collaboration while mobilising blended finance instruments could significantly scale net zero investment flows
ABP and OMERS join forces to buy Dutch metering firm Kenter
ABP and OMERS have announced the acquisition of Dutch metering firm Kenter.
Panel: Differing standards make it ‘super tricky’ to be international player
Fund managers have decried increasing amount of reporting obligations and data disclosures in sustainability space
Why the asset owner-manager relationship powers record growth in impact investing
A senior executive at France's AXA IM said institutional investors' appetite for green opportunities makes the impact investing space swell
Exclusive: Stafford’s CEO on why more asset owners should venture into the forest
Angus Whiteley opens up to NZI about the carbon credit market and why private equity is driving the net zero agenda
LGPS Briefing: Private Markets Profile
Our second issue of Private Markets Profile comes hot on the heels of a government budget that reaffirmed its ambition to steer LGPS assets in the interests of policy objectives.
More and more investors demand disclosures from private markets
Private markets increasingly account for a significant portion of GHG emissions. Investors seem to support their inclusion in mandatory climate disclosure regimes
Finance Spotlight: What does the future hold for green and sustainable bonds?
Xuan Sheng Ou Yong and Malika Takhtayeva of BNP Paribas AM zoom in on the market for sustainable bonds