Recent Green and Sustainable Hedge Fund News
The Business of Running a Hedge Fund | ||
Best Practices for Getting to the "Green Zone" --- Most hedge fund managers would agree: given the broader market environment and the specific... | ||
Soros Fund Management and Silver Lake to launch clean-energy focused fund | ||
Soros Fund Management LLC, founded by George Soros, and Silver Lake, a private equity firm, are combining forces to found Silver Lake Kraftwerk. According... | ||
The Great Ethanol Boondoggle | ||
One of my biggest disappointments with Obama so far is his continued support of the ethanol boondoggle. The program was ramped up by the Bush administration... | ||
The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index Expands To 100 Companies | ||
The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index expands to 100 companies and releases semi-annual evaluation results. The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability... | ||
CalPERS invests $500 million in new environmentally-conscious strategy | ||
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension fund in the United States, recently put $500 million into a... | ||
New Sparx Group long/short hedge fund to focus on successful green Asian companies | ||
Sparx Group Co. recently announced its plans to launch a long/short hedge fund to invest in Asian companies that will benefit the most from the region’s... | ||
Timberland Investment Resources Launches Timber Fund | ||
Timberland Investment Resources recently launched a timber-focused hedge fund in London. Named Timberland Investment Resources Europe, the flagship fund... | ||
Darwinian Downsizing in the Solar Industry | ||
The solar industry is suffering some 19th century Darwinian style competition, with Chinese manufacturers Suntech (STP) and Yingli Green Energy Holding... | ||
Is a New Global Authority for Integrated Reporting the Solution for CSR? | ||
A major announcement was made yesterday that could just be what the world was waiting for, a new single global authority was formed, the International... | ||
Vedanta hit with warning by APG Asset Management for Non-Disclosure of ESG Issues | ||
More and more companies are feeling intense pressure from investors to increase their level of transparency and more actively manage global ESG challenges. | ||
Why Water Will Soon Become More Valuable Than Oil | ||
If you think that the upcoming energy shortage is going to be bad, it will pale in comparison to the next water crisis, so investment in fresh water infrastructure... | ||
Oil Industry Reputation Hit by Gulf Oil Spill | ||
The Gulf oil spill has hit the reputation not only of BP but of the entire oil industry, including among those who favor increased use of fossil fuels... | ||
Orkla Finans closing down Energy and Carbon funds | ||
Orkla Finans AS has decided to close its Energy Fund and Carbon Fund. According to Bloomberg, the firm’s Energy Fund, which invests in commodities,... | ||
Zachary Karabell's River Twice Capital launches flagship hedge fund | ||
River Twice Capital Advisors LLC launched its flagship hedge fund, the River Twice Fund, this month with $8.4 million in assets under management. The... | ||
New Pax World ETFs Focus on Sustainable Investing | ||
On May 19, New Hampshire-based PAX World announced the launch of ESG Shares, the first group of ETFs focused solely on sustainable investing. The fund... | ||
Gulf Spill Puts US Energy Bill on Slippery Slope | ||
With energy, Senate Democrats find themselves between a rock and two hard places. Nonetheless, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.,... | ||
Semi-Annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index | ||
On May 14, the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and CRD Analytics announced the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability... | ||
Asian Development Bank launches $9 Billion Plan for Solar Energy in Asia | ||
The Asian Development Bank launched a $9 billion solar power initiative to develop projects generating 3,000 megawatts by 2012. | ||
Amid Push For Renewable Energy, Saudi Arabia Cautiously Turns Over Green Leaf | ||
The promise of green energy has intrigued the Middle East, where concern about future reserves runs deep, but Saudi Arabia's recent plan for a multibillion-dollar... | ||
GLG Partners deepens Event-Driven and ESG capabilities with addition of Griffin, Lucaussy and Mitchell | ||
GLG Partners has made a number of significant additions to its investment team this week. The global hedge fund manager announced yesterday that it had... | ||
