Sustainable and impact briefs to make up half of private market portfolios in next two years

Asset owners say they can achieve better social and environmental outcomes through private markets

Jonathan Stapleton
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Bill Hughes: Investors are looking to increase their allocations to private markets for the potential increased returns they can deliver and also for their sustainability and impact characteristics
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Bill Hughes: Investors are looking to increase their allocations to private markets for the potential increased returns they can deliver and also for their sustainability and impact characteristics

Impact and sustainable mandates are expected to account for nearly half (45%) of private markets portfolios in two years’ time, up from just over a third (37%) today, latest research from Legal & General (L&G) shows.

The firm's research on UK investor sentiment towards private markets allocations –undertaken by CoreData in August/September 2024 across 150 defined contribution (DC), defined benefit (DB), Local G...

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