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Value-based Healthcare as an ESG Opportunity

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Healthcare’s relative resiliency to bear markets in conjunction with aging populations, medical innovations, and other tailwinds have prompted GPs to invest in retail care clinics, insurance providers, software and device developers, and other industry actors en masse—raising 2017’s total disclosed deal value to $42.6 billion, the highest level since 2007. However, as the volume of healthcare deals continues to rise to unprecedented heights, so have criticisms of private equity’s management of portfolio company care providers.

Malk Partners’ Andrew Malk Defines ESG Management

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Andrew Malk defines environmental, social and governance (ESG) management and describes its growing use in the middle market.

Malk spoke with Middle Market Growth magazine at ACG’s InterGrowth 2018 conference in San Diego.

Malk Partners’ Andrew Malk on Limited Partner Expectations Around ESG

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Limited partners are increasingly asking their managers questions related to environmental, social and governance management. They don’t simply want to know that a manager has a policy; they want to see how it’s being implemented, according to Andrew Malk of Malk Partners, who explains the motivation behind LPs’ ESG-related questions. Malk spoke with Middle Market Growth magazine at ACG’s InterGrowth 2018 conference in San Diego.

Data Privacy Gets New Teeth Under GDPR, and They’re Sharp

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Two months after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, companies within and beyond the European Economic Area (EEA) are still grappling with how to comply with literal interpretations of… Continue Reading

Andrew Malk discusses how to get started with ESG management at ACG’s InterGrowth 2018 conference in San Diego

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues should not be viewed as exotic considerations; rather, they’re an emerging set of issues with greater materiality to a business today and should be incorporated into the investment process. Malk Partners’ Andrew Malk shares tips for how firms can begin to incorporate ESG considerations into their processes.

ESG’s Place on the Social Impact Spectrum Defining What ESG Management Is—and What It Isn’t

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Transparency has become the new normal in a society that demands greater accountability. Look no further than companies like Equifax, Wells Fargo, Chipotle, Uber and… Continue Reading

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