Snehal Shah
Fossil fuel-based energy production is needed to support more electrification and increased transmission in the economy, Utah Retirement Systems' CIO tells the sovereign wealth fund's board.
A number of US investors have programmes aimed at backing underrepresented groups.
Nearly half of portfolio companies in impact funds exceed GPs' financial performance targets at exit, which is 'encouraging for a traditional investor who's thinking about investing in impact'.
Though widely dubbed ‘anti-ESG’, Florida’s House Bill 3 may reinforce the importance of ESG in financial considerations.
Climate+, a long-term asset fund aimed at DC pensions, will invest across private markets.
As regulation and voluntary initiatives start to create alignment around ESG expectations in private equity, we explore how the Principles for Responsible Investment maintains its allure.
The investment consultant is seeking external capital for a secondaries fund, following consultants such as Hamilton Lane and StepStone in managing pooled private markets funds.
The firm sees more ethnically diverse male-led funds than women-led funds when looking at emerging managers, according to managing director Patricia Miller Zollar.
The commission has proposed a rule restricting side letters that grant certain LPs ‘preferential information and rights’. But for LACERA, side letters are ‘a crucial means for market innovation’.
LPs are being asked to 'let go of asset buckets' in a bid to make a meaningful impact on carbon emissions.