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Preqin Launches New Benchmarks to Assess Private Markets ESG Funds
Susan Lahey
April 11, 2024
Alternative investment data and insights provider Preqin announced today the launch of new ESG performance benchmarks aimed at enabling users to assess performance of private markets ESG funds, as well as SFDR, impact and climate funds.
According to Preqin, the new benchmarks address the lack of standardized and comparable ESG fund performance data, which has contributed to an increase in anti-ESG sentiment and criticism in recent years, with the new tools enabling investors, fund managers and advisors to make informed decisions when it comes to ESG and impact investing in the “famously opaque” alternative markets.
Jaclyn Bouchard, EVP, Head of ESG Solutions & Corporate Responsibility at Preqin, said:
“At Preqin, we look to empower anyone who invests in, allocates to or advises on ESG in Alternatives. Through our benchmark offering, we aim to unleash the power of data to increase transparency around the performance of ESG funds to enable more opportunities for capital to flow to sustainable investments”.
Preqin’s ESG benchmarks cover ESG integration, Impact, Climate, SFDR Article 8, SFDR Article 9, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Sharia Compliant, and provide information into over 200 ESG fund performance benchmarks, covering more than 1,000 ESG funds, including SFDR funds, and encompassing ESG fund labels across the main private market asset classes, including private equity, venture capital, real estate, private debt, natural resources and infrastructure.
Fabien Chen, SVP, Head of Benchmarks, at Preqin, said:
“With this latest launch, we hope to give practitioners another tool to help them to understand whether ESG funds outperform the market or their non-ESG peers. As we expand and innovate on our benchmark offerings, we will bring further transparency and objectivity to enhance decision making and accountability in the private markets”.
Susan Lahey
Susan Lahey started her career as a business reporter for The Kansas City Star and has worked as a freelancer covering business, investment, technology, sustainability and science for numerous publications. She has also worked as a writer and editor for publicly funded projects mandating environmental cleanup of a molybdenum mine in Northern New Mexico; and recovery and resiliency measures following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Recently she worked as Director of Communications for a European wave energy company.
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