In recent years, the Irish fund market has struggled under a burden of regulation that would break a lesser jurisdiction. From regulatory reporting to UCITS V, and from CP86 to CP140, the need for regulatory compliance across the board has
With the COP26 climate summit underway in Glasgow, equity long/short hedge funds can capitalise on the renewed focus on sustainability, while climate change and energy price volatility heralds opportunities for certain macro managers. Hedge funds may have endured a bumpy
By Kristina West – The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), the industry body for promoting Luxembourg’s fund sector internationally, has witnessed the establishment and growth of ManCos across many years.
Dimensional Fund Advisors has appointed Jim Whittington as Head of Responsible Investment. Joe Chi, who will retire at the end of the year. Additionally, the firm named Lacey Huebel as Head of Responsible Investment, North America. Both appointments are effective
VIA AM, a Paris-based asset manager specialised in systematic investment strategies, is supporting the Katingan Mentaya Project through the recently launched VIA Smart-Equity Europe Fund’s Carbon Neutral share classes. The objective of these share classes is to compensate for greenhouse
The SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, has released the next instalment of its work on Responsible Investment. A toolkit for asset managers and allocators on the practical implementation
As the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) begins in Glasgow this weekend, hedge fund managers remain evenly split over the incorporation of ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors and sustainability metrics into their investment processes, according to a new
VTB Group is launching a new business line that will focus on climate finance and carbon market operations both in Russia and internationally. Vladimir Litvak, who has over 25 years’ of experience in green financing and carbon trading markets, will
ESG analysis is more difficult in private debt but can uncover aspects often overlooked in traditional analysis. Less liquid and transparent, they hold some challenges for investors pursuing environmental, social and governance goals.
With traditional equity and credit returns set for a squeeze, and ESG, Covid-19 and remote working upending the hedge fund industry from both an investment and operations perspective, managers face both considerable challenges and sizable opportunities up ahead, speakers at
