Alternative Asset Management & Sustainability Insights

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: The Commission's SFDR proposal fails to deliver clarity

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the Commission's SFDR proposal fails to deliver clarity.Links:https://...

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: The UK's budget

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the UK's strategy for private capital in the wake of the latest budget...

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Fund labels in Europe

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at European fund labels.Links:https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/know...

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Are pooled investment funds on their way out?

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the long term implications of the development of fund tokenisation. Li...

Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Human rights due diligence and defence investments

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at human rights due diligence and defence investments.Links:https://www...

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Private markets and policy goals

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at public private markets and how asset managers can influence them.Links...

Sustainability Insights: Why less might be more?

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at transition plans in the UK.

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Transatlantic tax policy and the art of the deal

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at transatlantic tax policy and the art of the deal.Links:https://www.tra...

UK adoption of sustainability reporting standards and mandatory transition plans

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In June, the UK took the next step in its plan to adopt international sustainability reporting standards for UK businesses, publishing a key consultat...

Alternative Insights: The impact of UK tax policy

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the impact of Taxing financial services professionals in the UK.Links:...

Sustainability Insights: UK takes another step towards mandatory sustainability disclosures

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at the UK's adoption of ISSB standards.

Alternative Insights: Secondary market liquidity before exit: old wine in new bottles?

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at liquidity routes for portfolio companies before exit.Links:https://www...

Sustainability Exchange: Episode 4 - Should my next fund be an Article 8 fund?

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the fourth Sustainability Exchange of the series, Simon invites Paula Langton, Partner and head of the sustainability practice at Campbell Lutyens ...

Sustainability Insights: What will SFDR 2.0 look like?

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at the ongoing review of the SFDR.Links:https://finance.ec.europa.eu/su...

Alternative Insights: Rule changes for European private fund managers

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the rule changes for European private fund managers.Links:The Regulati...

Sustainability Insights: Sustainability reporting season

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at the forthcoming round of sustainability reports for alternative asse...

Sustainability Exchange: Episode 3: What should a European firm say to its US investors about ESG?

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Simon, Trysha Daskam-Smith, Head of ESG Strategy at Silver Regulatory Associates and Michael Raymond delve into pressing issues faced ...

Alternative Insights: The UK regulator's approach to valuation

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the UK regulator's review of valuations in private markets, highlighti...

Sustainability Insights: Investing in Europe's defence

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at investments in defence by alternative asset managers.Links:Rethinkin...

Sustainability Exchange - Episode 2: Should the carried interest in my next fund be linked to sustainability outcomes? - Talking. Sustainability.

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A series of dynamic conversations hosted by Simon Witney, sustainable finance specialist, joined by two expert guests.  Simon's guests, Ross Butl...

Alternative Insights: Fixing the European plumbing

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at securitisation reform in Europe.Links:UK regulators to face twice-year...

Sustainability Insights: Will Trump 2.0 kill off the Brussels effect?

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are asking whether it still makes sense for global compliance programmes to adopt a...

Alternative Insights: Taxing incentives in private markets

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at tax incentives in private markets.Links:Our 2024 budget briefing - htt...

Sustainability Exchange - Episode 1: Should the UK adopt a Green Taxonomy? - Talking. Sustainability.

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A series of dynamic conversations hosted by Simon Witney, sustainable finance specialist, joined by two expert guests.  Simon meets with Jam...

Sustainability Insights: All aboard the unstoppable omnibus

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at the simplification of EU sustainability laws.Links:https://www.epp.e...

Alternative Insights: Insights '25

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we focus on our annual preview of the year ahead for the alternative asset managers, whi...

Sustainability Insights: What's in store for 2025?

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at UK sustainability regulation, and what's in store for 2025.Links:htt...

Sustainability Insights: EU sustainability regulation in 2025

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at EU sustainability regulation, and what's in store for 2025.Links:htt...

Alternative Insights: The UK government's boost to private markets

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at some recent UK government announcements that affect alternative asset ...

Sustainability Insights: What does COP29 tell us about the UK's green growth ambitions?

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at what COP29 tells us about the new UK government's green growth ambit...

Alternative Insights: Tax rises for UK alternative asset managers

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the Labour Government's Autumn Budget, and its likely impact on UK alt...

Sustainability Insights: The role of government in transition finance

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at the new UK government's approach to transition finance.Links:https...

Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 5: Does responsible investment have a meaningful impact on real world problems?

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the fifth episode in our Sustainability Insights ... in conversation series.In the fifth episode of our Sustainability Insights … in conv...

Alternative Insights: The EU AI Act

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at we are looking at the EU AI Act, and its likely impact on the attracti...

Sustainability Insights: The impact of the Draghi report on ESG regulation

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at Mario Draghi's report on EU competitiveness and its potential impact...

Alternative Insights: NAV lending to private equity funds

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at we are looking at NAV lending to private equity funds, and ILPA's rece...

Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 4: Diandra Soobiah, Director of Responsible Investment at Nest, the National Employment Savings Trust

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the third episode in our Sustainability Insights ... in conversation series.In the fourth episode of our Sustainability Insights … in con...

Alternative Insights: Politics, Policy, and Private Capital

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at trends in the private markets as discussed at our third annual Alterna...

Alternative Insights: Alternative Insights 2024

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at trends in the private markets as reported by the keynote speaker at ou...

Sustainability Insights: UK sustainability policies of the future

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights we are looking at the future for UK sustainability policy.We have released the third e...

Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 3: Ellen De Kreij, Lead advisor, Impact and Sustainability, Apax Partners: what impact means to Apax Partners

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our third episode of Sustainability Insights… in conversation focuses on impact and what it means to Apax Partners. Ellen De Kreij is lead advisor t...

Alternative Insights: The diverging paths of private funds regulation

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the diverging path of private funds regulation in the US and the EU.Li...

Sustainability Insights: Fund names and sustainability

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of sustainability insights we are looking at the latest EU rules on fund names and greenwashing.Links: https://www.traverssmith.c...

Alternative Insights: Financial regulation and AI

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at Artificial Intelligence, and the opportunities it offers for asset man...

Sustainability Insights: The UK's anti-greenwashing rule

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of sustainability insights we are looking at the UK's latest clampdown on greenwashing.Links:Sustainability Disclosure Requiremen...

Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 2: From commodities trading to bees and trees … Kristen Weldon's journey to natural capital in private markets

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our second episode of Sustainability Insights … in conversation charts Kristen Weldon's journey to natural capital in private markets.  Simon W...

Alternative Insights: UK pensions and private capital funds

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at the UK's attempts to get defined contribution pension schemes to invest in private fun...

Sustainability Insights: Employment law and private markets

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at Labour law reforms across the UK and Europe in light of upcoming elections.Links: T...

Alternative Insights: Private markets and foreign subsidies

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights we are looking at the European Commission's recent policy brief reviewing the first 100 d...

Sustainability Insights: Supply chain due diligence in Europe

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at European supply chain due diligence requirements including the fate of the EU's CS3...

Alternative Insights: Subscription line financing

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the 73rd issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at subscription line financing and the emerging role of rating agencies.Link...

Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 1: Cornelia Gomez

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a discussion between Travers Smith's Simon Witney and Cornelia Gomez, Global Head of ESG at General Atlantic. Simon and Corne...

Sustainability Insights: Getting governance right

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at corporate governance and reporting in EU portfolio companies.We are launching a new...

Alternative Insights: The year ahead

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights week we are looking at what is in store for 2024.

Alternative Insights: Retailisation: Will 2024 be the year of the ELTIF?

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at ESMA's proposed implementing rules for the European Long Term Investme...

Sustainability Insights: Labels for UK funds, but limited impact for private capital?

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights week we are looking at the UK's new disclosure and labelling regime for asset managers...

Alternative Insights: Tax cuts for UK business – and a welcome focus on private capital

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the UK's 2023 Autumn Statement.

Sustainability Insights: The European Commission's review of SFDR

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the prospect of a complete overhaul of the EU's SFDR.

Alternative Insights: Tax hot topics: an interview with Tosin Adeyeri and Elena Rowlands

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Alternative Insights, Travers Smith Funds partner Tosin Adeyeri and Tax partner Elena Rowlands sat down to dis...

Sustainability Insights: Can the UK's FCA move the needle on diversity?

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights week we are looking at the UK's proposed new rules on Diversity and Inclusion for regu...

Alternative Insights: The impact and regulation of private credit funds

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Alternative Insights we are looking at the impact and regulation of private debt funds.

Sustainability Insights: ESG and antitrust

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are at why it's important to manage competition law and antitrust risks when signing-up to industr...

Alternative Insights: The impact of the EU's new rules on foreign subsidies

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Alternative Insights we are looking at some important new EU regulations on foreign subsidies that will affect many large M&am...

Sustainability Insights: International Sustainability Disclosure Standards

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at new international sustainability reporting standards.

Alternative Insights: ILPA guidance on GP-leds

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at the latest ILPA guidelines on the use of continuation funds.

Sustainability Insights: PRI guidance on human rights

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the new UN PRI guidance on human rights due diligence on private markets.

Alternative Insights: Retailisation: the evolving European regulatory environment

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are looking at the evolution of retail fund regulation in the EU – and its impact on private markets firms.

Sustainability Insights: The FCA's discussion paper on sustainability

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the prospect of yet more UK sustainability regulation and the UK's reaction.

Alternative Insights: UK competition law

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Alternative Insights, we are looking at the role of regulators in M&A transactions.

Sustainability Insights: A busy month for European sustainability regulation

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at some important recent developments in sustainability regulation in Europe.

Alternative Insights: EU foreign subsidy rules and private equity deals

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at the impact of the EU's new foreign subsidies regulation on private equity deals.

Alternative Insights: Retailisation

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are looking at developments in retailisation in private markets. In particular, we consider the future of the ELTIF, and discuss some eme...

Alternative Insights: What does 2023 hold?

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Alternative Insights, we are looking forward to the key themes for 2023, following an event we held in London on Wednesday and the laun...

Sustainability Insights: The UK's labelling regime

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are looking at the UK FCA's proposals for an impact fund label.

Alternative Insights: UK red tape

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"But too much change, too quickly is both overwhelming and dangerous, and the UK's reputation for sound and effective rulemaking needs to be re-establ...

Sustainability Insights: Greenwashing and the regulation of fund names in the EU

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 48

Alternative Insights: Changes to UK limited partnership law

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 47

Sustainability Insights: Sustainability labels in the UK

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 46

Alternative Insights: Policymakers, retail investors and private funds

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 45

Sustainability Insights: Tax and ESG in private markets

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 44

Alternative Insights: Carried interest and continuation funds

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 43

Sustainability Insights: Focusing on stakeholders

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 42

Alternative Insights: Changing the structure of financial regulation in the UK

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 41

Sustainability Insights: Labelling impact

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A regular audio briefing for the alternative asset management industry - Issue 40.Earlier this month, the FCA, the UK regulator, announced t...

Alternative Insights: The benefits of a well-structured continuation fund

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 39

Alternative Insights: Private wealth and private capital

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 38

Sustainability Insights: The regulatory focus on "greenwashing"

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. It has been clear for some time that regulators are concerned about "greenwashi...

Alternative Insights: Gaining liquidity and retaining control

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Issue 36

Sustainability Insights: Sustainability disclosure standards

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A regular audio briefing for the alternative asset management industry. Just about everyone agrees that a single set of internationally accepted ...

Alternative Insights: Hedging interest rate risk

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry - Issue 34Towards the end of last year, many private fund managers began reviewing th...

Sustainability Insights: The EU's sustainability challenge

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The European Commission's renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy, adopted in July 2021 and building on a 2018 Action Plan, was certainly ambit...

Alternative Insights: UK government sets out next steps for funds regime

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry - Issue 32Last month, the UK government made some important announcements a...

Sustainability Insights: European Commission proposal on mandatory due diligence

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry - Issue 31At the end of last month, the European Commission unveiled its much-de...

Alternative Insights: SEC proposals for private funds

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It is no surprise that the US Securities and Exchange Commission – now led by Gary Gensler, the Chair appointed last year by the Biden administratio...

Sustainability Insights: Making a Paris-aligned net zero commitment

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Carlyle pledged net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050, and committed to significant progress by 2...

Alternative Insights: Liquidity options for LPs

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 r...

Sustainability Insights: Is 2022 the year to focus on nature?

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, many alternative asset managers worked harder than ever to ensure that their investment approach was equipped to meet one of the defining c...

Alternative Insights: Regulatory hosting under scrutiny in the UK

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Alternative Insights: The gradual evolution of EU fund regulation

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A regular audio briefing for the alternative asset management industry. In the event, of course, the third country passport wasn't activated in 2...

Sustainability Insights: The UK's new sustainability disclosure regime

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Glasgow's climate summit was both an important step forward and a missed opportunity to go further.  One important step forward was undoubtedly C...