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Investors integrating ESG into securities lending: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... should be involved in securities lending at all," Chua says. "Especially with some of the recent market events around hedge funds (eg Gamestop), investors are asking themselves whether securities lending and short selling facilitates that volatility ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... not having a dedicated ESG headcount (43% in fixed income), or lacking gender/ethnic diversity (31% of investors in hedge funds "unlikely to hire").

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... of strategies-including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds-on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. The firm manages $405 billion in assets as of end of ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Forty percent of hedge funds integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in their investment process. BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) surveyed 53 hedge funds with combined assets under management of over ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... know." Morphic Asset Management applies shorting strategies across some of its funds, such as its European-domiciled hedge funds and its Australia 130/30 style fund, and does short stocks based on ESG issues, said Chad Slater, CIO at Morphic Asset Management. ...

Man Group appoints Jason Mitchell co-head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... and governmental working groups. He chaired the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Hedge Funds Advisory Committee from 2014 to 2018. "We are delighted to appoint Jason Mitchell as co-head of responsible investment at ...

Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Hedge funds globally have allocated at least $59 billion to responsible investment, according to a survey by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS). The survey consisted of 80 asset ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... exclusions." The process that Man Group has undertaken speaks to the extent that alternative assert managers, such as hedge funds, have taken up the mantle of responsible investment. "It's incredibly interesting to see that within our firm, where around ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... landscape, it makes sense to pay attention. We will see how that manifests itself in index funds, in quant funds, in hedge funds - there are all different ways of thinking about ESG and how to establish the appropriate weights on it." Governance is another ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Group has approximately US$10 billion in assets under management in direct and affiliated single and multi-strategy hedge funds, funds of funds and other alternative investments services with offices in several US cities, London, Tokyo and Seoul. Mariner ...