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Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights

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A series of regular audio briefings for the alternative asset management industry.

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07:40

Alternative Insights: The benefits of a...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/07/08

Issue 39

07:18

Alternative Insights: Private wealth and private capital

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/06/24

Issue 38

08:03

Sustainability Insights: The regulatory focus on...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/06/10

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.It has been clear for some time that regulators are concerned about "greenwashing", by which they mean the risk that companies, investors and asset owners will overstate their sustainability credentials in order to attract capital.But, in the last few weeks, the regulatory pressure has significantly increased.Recent announcements from the SEC, the US regulator, and ESMA, the pan-EU supervisor, will focus the minds of all asset

05:12

Alternative Insights: Gaining liquidity and retaining...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/05/20

Issue 36

07:13

Sustainability Insights: Sustainability disclosure...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/05/06

A regular audio briefing for the alternative asset management industry.Just about everyone agrees that a single set of internationally accepted sustainability disclosure standards would benefit all stakeholders.But global convergence creates significant challenges.For example, policymakers who are keen to set very high standards – the EU, for example – will be tempted to goldplate any requirements that can achieve widespread approval.That's especially likely because different stakeholders have

05:50

Alternative Insights: Hedging interest rate risk

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/04/22

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry - Issue 34Towards the end of last year, many private fund managers began reviewing their approach to interest rate risks. Although private funds are often heavily exposed to movements in interest rates – most obviously in relation to leveraged portfolio investments, but also for fund-level facilities and manager-level liquidity – low and stable rates have been the norm for the past 10 years, making interest rate risk a relatively low

06:45

Sustainability Insights: The EU's sustainability...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/04/08

The European Commission's renewedSustainable Finance Strategy, adopted in July 2021 and building on a2018 Action Plan, was certainly ambitious. Indeed, the Commission has rightly credited the EU with "global leadership in setting international standards". But blazing a trail in a complex and novel regulatory field is a double-edged sword: there are bound to be missteps and – as asset managers will testify – the EU's rules have given rise to a number of challenges. Understanding and applying the

07:11

Alternative Insights: UK government sets out next...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/03/25

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry - Issue 32Last month, the UK government made someimportant announcementsabout its post-Brexit plans to re-vamp the funds regime.Many alternative asset managers will be disappointed that a number of industry suggestions have not (yet) been taken up.For the last two years, the Treasury has been reviewing the UK funds regime.Its aim is to make the UK "a more attractive location to set up, manage and administer funds and to support a wider

06:01

Sustainability Insights: European Commission proposal...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/03/11

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry - Issue 31At the end of last month, the European Commission unveiled itsmuch-delayed planto require companies doing business in the European Union to undertake far-reaching sustainability due diligence throughout their supply chain.Heralded by the Commissionas "a game-changer" which will "project European values on value chains", the proposal has alreadydrawn fire for not going far enough. Critics have pointed out that the new rules

07:21

Alternative Insights: SEC proposals for private funds

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/02/25

It is no surprise that the US Securities and Exchange Commission – now led by Gary Gensler, the Chair appointed last year by the Biden administration – has made proposals to increase the regulation of private fund managers (or "investment advisers"). But perhaps it is surprising that that therules proposed earlier this monthcould have an important impact on many European firms, as well as those in the US.While there is likely to be significant market push-back to some of the mooted rule-changes

07:55

Sustainability Insights: Making a Paris-aligned net...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/02/11

Last week, Carlyle pledged net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050, and committed to significant progress by 2025. The goal itself is important, of course, but the way it will be achieved is perhaps even more newsworthy. As for other private equity firms who have set GHG reduction targets, the commitment is not founded on asset allocation or divestment – an approach whose effectiveness is questioned by academics. As emphasised in Carlyle's announcement,

07:08

Alternative Insights: Liquidity options for LPs

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/01/28

Private equity had a bumper year last year. Although official data will not be available for a few months, there are already reports that 2021 was a record year for fundraising, investments and exits. That – together with data (and anecdotes) that continue to suggest that private markets are generating outsized returns – means that there are both more opportunities for asset allocators to access the asset class, and more incentives for them to do so. Reports that large institutional investors are

07:37

Sustainability Insights: Is 2022 the year to focus on...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2022/01/14

Last year, many alternative asset managers worked harder than ever to ensure that their investment approach was equipped to meet one of the defining challenges of our time. Sustainability – although not a new theme for most firms – was close to the top of the agenda. While legal and compliance teams struggled to keep up with new and emerging sustainability regulation, senior-decision makers re-focused on the opportunity. Increasing investor demand for investment funds that are part of the solution

06:37

Alternative Insights: Regulatory hosting under...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2021/12/17

For many private fund managers – especially a new firm, a spin out from a larger business, or a firm that manages a relatively small pool of capital – the UK regulatory requirements can be daunting. Getting the necessary regulatory permissions is an expensive and time-consuming business, especially if there is no certainty that the fundraise will be successful, or if the fee structure leaves little headroom for advisory costs or compliance staff. The barriers to entry may even be so high that they

06:06

Alternative Insights: The gradual evolution of EU...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2021/12/03

A regular audio briefing for the alternative asset management industry.In the event, of course, the third country passport wasn't activated in 2015, and still hasn't been – perhaps in part because the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, and UK-regulated firms could have used the passport to gain access to the single market. Meanwhile, the AIFMD review was duly launched in 2017, when KPMG was commissioned to prepare areport, but it was only last week thatconcrete reform proposalswere issued by the

06:27

Sustainability Insights: The UK's new sustainability...

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2021/11/19

Glasgow's climate summit was both an important step forward and a missed opportunity to go further. One important step forward was undoubtedly COP 26's unprecedented focus on the role of finance in tackling the climate emergency, which catalysed huge commitments from the private sector. The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) now speaks for over USD130 trillion of capital that is committed to transforming the economy. 450 firms from 45 countries – including several leading alternative

07:13

Alternative Insights: The UK's Autumn 2021 Budget

Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights ·

2021/11/05

Last week's Autumn Budget confirmed the UK government's determination to use regulatory change as a key driver of economic growth and recovery. This ambition – which includes important changes to existing rules, as well as entirely new ones – has been evident for some time now. In part linked to Brexit, the government believes there is an opportunity for tax and legal rule-changes to help deliver important policy goals, and has been working hard to draft legislation and regulations that will support

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