The 110-room property will occupy 15 Old Bailey, a building originally known as the ‘Spiers & Pond Hotel’
Luxembourg, December 15, 2021

SwanCap declared its support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), joining market leading organizations in demonstrating a commitment to building a more resilient financial system and safeguarding against climate risk through better disclosures.

Private equity is enhancing access to one of the most attractive and fastest increasing forms of limited partner financing.

For many institutional investors, having a solid ESG profile is a requirement.  Most have committed to one or more international initiatives, such as the Principles for Responsible Investment or the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, and thus must invest in or finance companies that adhere to those commitments.  The ripple effect extends to middle-market private equity and private credit firms and their present and prospective portfolio companies.

Private equity dealmaking and fundraising is forecasted to remain robust in 2022, while midmarket managers in the United States and Europe are wary of high valuations and inflationary pressures as they deploy record amounts of capital.

Individual LPs (investors) can only exit early their private equity interests through the secondary market. In brief, secondaries allow investors to sell their positions in private equity funds and hence liquidate equity stakes in private companies. Due to the illiquid nature of private equity, the establishment of a secondary market was necessary and perhaps inevitable.