Recent Green and Sustainable Hedge Fund News

The Next Step for ESG Investing: Moving from What and Why to How

The implementation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors has evolved to a point where it may be possible to begin to develop standardized...

Nikko Asset Management to launch Green Fund with World Bank

Nikko Asset Management has recently announced its intentions to launch the Nikko AM World Bank Green Fund. The asset management firm, one of the largest...

Moore Capital impedes Trading Emissions and Leaf Clean Energy merger plans

Last week, the proposal to merge Trading Emissions PLC (AIM: TRE) and Leaf Clean Energy Company (AIM: LEAF) failed when the merger earned only 63% of...

Wall Street Green Trading Summit will feature a series of Industry Thought Leaders

This year’s Wall Street Green Trading Summit (WSGTS), the ninth annual event, will feature industry discussions covering cutting edge clean technologies,...

Quotient Investors Unveils New ESG Strategy

Managing Partners André Bertolotti and Julia Peter-Kerr of Quotient Investors sat down with Brandon Nickerson, director, to speak about their new fund...

CalSTRS' Efforts Improve Climate Risk Transparency

CalSTRS has applauded a decision by the SEC to improve disclosure of climate risk in securities filings, which passed by a 3-2 vote. The legislation is...

Earth Capital Partners Announces New Investment Team

Earth Capital Partners, a sustainable development investor, recently announced their new Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry team, which will be headed...

Jefferies launches Wildcatters Energy E&P Equity ETF

Investment bank Jefferies & Company (NYSE: JEF) has launched its new upstream Oil and Gas focused Wildcatters Energy Exploration & Production Equity ETF...

Emerging Manager Breaks $100MM to Top Morningstar Midcap Fund Categories

Morningstar ranked The Appleseed Fund #1 returning U.S. midcap value fund among 342 funds and the #1 returning socially responsible domestic equity fund...

BP Capital’s Pickens Changes Course, Focuses on Natural Gas

In an effort to garner some much needed attention to the Pickens Plan, Texas energy investor T. Boone Pickens has launched an advertising campaign highlighting...

Sparx Group looks to raise $200 Million for “Green” focused Sparx Ecology Fund

Sparx Group Co., one of Asia’s largest hedge fund managers, is aiming to raise over $200 million for a new hedge fund that will focus on companies in...

SEC Halts Mantria’s $30 Million “Green” Ponzi Scheme

The SEC has charged two companies and four individuals with involvement in a nationwide $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured over 300 elderly and retirement-age...

Paladin Strategic Partners Acquires Stake in HomeSaver Mortgage Management

Socially responsible emerging manager Paladin Strategic Partners has acquired a controlling interest in HomeSaver Mortgage Management. Originally formed...

AIG Investments shuts down Cleantech and Sustainability Investment Group

AIG Investments has decided to close its Sustainable Investment Group just one month after being acquired by the Pacific Century Group, a private investment...

Semi-annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and CRD Analytics, LLC announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global...

George Soros, like T. Boone Pickens, Recognizes importance of Clean Energy Future

George Soros, billionaire and founder of hedge fund Soros Capital Management, plans to address the “political problem” of climate change by investing...

CRD Analytics Forms Partnership With SeaCrest Investment Management

CRD Analytics LLC (CRD), a leader in sustainability-related investment analytics and products, is pleased to announce the formation of a partnership with...

Absolute Return Partners announces Energy and Carbon Focused NEAS Power Fund

Absolute Return Partners LLP announced this week the creation of The NEAS Power Fund. Scheduled to launch on October 1st, the new fund will apply a relative...

Logi Energy launches first Peak Oil Hedge Fund

Logi Energy LLC has launched the first hedge fund focused on energy investing under the theory of “Peak Oil.” According to HedgeCo, the fund will...

Global Climate Change Fund to launch on Russell Investments’ OpenWorld

Climate Change Capital announced this week that it had been hired to manage the Global Climate Change Fund for OpenWorld, Russell Investments’ new single...


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