Green investing: the risk of a new mis-selling scandal

ESG funds are popular, but research has found the sector is rife with greenwashing. Lawyers warn a reckoning is coming.

ESG investing: funds weigh sovereign debt profits against human rights

Activists are increasing pressure on asset managers to stop supporting regimes that abuse their own citizens.

How selling to yourself became private equity’s go-to deal

Private equity firms have a new set of buyers for their portfolio companies: themselves.

MJ Hudson: Quiz of the year

Investment consultants MJ Hudson know that private equity dealmakers have had a tough time during the pandemic.

BC Partners seeks to sell Springer Nature stake to itself

Private equity transaction could value the academic publisher at about €6bn

‘Mancos’ consolidate as Brexit transition deadline approaches

In-demand fund businesses seek strength in size but face increased scrutiny and costs

Not so private equity

Pity those poor private equity dealmakers amid the coronavirus lockdown. An anonymous survey by investment consultants MJ Hudson has revealed precisely what they’ve had to put up with.

Alternative risk premia funds fail to live up to expectations

Popular funds’ performance woes compounded by coronavirus market sell-off

MJ Hudson set for £100m election day IPO

Poor returns underline smart beta’s structural problems

Rabobank’s €25bn pension fund this year had to confront a hard truth about smart beta, which it applied across ts equity portfolio nearly a decade ago.