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The value-oriented investor raised double the amount of its predecessor fund after less than six months on the digital fundraising trail.

The firm's Global Transition Fund will invest in assets that will move the economy towards net-zero, including renewables, industrial businesses and infrastructure.

Some managers – mostly in Europe – are starting to speak a common language on climate, but US managers are lagging, say panellists at PEI’s Responsible Investment Forum: Europe.

President Trump's Department of Labor has instituted new rules that many see as a blow to the growing environmental, social and governance investment models.

GPs should drive the creation of consistent and comparable data disclosures and common standards in ESG, executives from Carlyle Group and Macquarie say.

'Many millennia of bias' make it vital that PE firms actively promote candidates from underrepresented groups, said Nic Humphries.

A combination of rising valuations, a need for liquidity and a highly fragmented industry has turned investing in sport into an attractive bet.

The investment giant’s flagship private equity funds have delivered a gross return of 27% over the last 12 months as fundraising continues for its record Asia fund.

The firm expects some investors to pause new commitments as the board’s conflicts committee conducts an independent review into co-founder Leon Black’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The firm saw ‘renewed momentum’ on the deal side in the third quarter, and more than $15bn of inflows across asset classes, including $2.3bn for Blackstone Growth.