Fund selectors look to AI and private markets for asset growth
Almost half of wealth managers say meeting client demand for unlisted assets will be a ‘critical factor’ in their growth plans
Private markets
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Private markets ‘redefining portfolio construction’ as investors plan to increase allocations
Infrastructure, credit and equity are the top picks, according to a Nuveen survey
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Private market revenues could surpass traditional strategies by 2027
But a FCA review found ‘room for improvement’ in private market valuation processes
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Schroders Greencoat launches energy infrastructure LTAF
Investing in wind, solar and parts of the green hydrogen market
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Over 50% of investors are engaged with the impact private debt sector
Over 100 private debt strategies now target key environmental and social themes
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The future of sustainable finance amid geopolitical turmoil
Anti-ESG headlines reflect the limits of corporate rhetoric, not that the science of sustainability is broken
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Foresight acquires impact specialist WHEB Asset Management
Deal will add almost £800m to Foresight’s AUM
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Invesco appoints head of EMEA sustainable and impact investing distribution
Arun Kelshiker is tasked with helping to mobilise capital in sustainable and impact-focused investment strategies
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Downing’s Lewis: ‘My biggest challenge is to prove ESG makes money’
Lewis discusses an abundance of ESG opportunities within private markets, enforcing COP29 commitments and nature as a ‘mega-trend’
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Private markets investors prioritising environment and social outcomes in portfolios
L&G research shows private investors see clear alignment between commercial returns and environmental and social outcomes
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Mainstreaming gender-lens investing in the private sector
Private market investors are realising the potential to ‘unlock social and financial change’ in the various approaches to gender-lens investing
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The shape of things to come: Schroders Capital’s Zappia on the future of sustainable finance
Head of sustainability and impact explains how the group is shaping the future of sustainable finance through private markets