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Hedge Funds
RI Briefing, February 1: Man Group hopes others will follow its lead on UN PRI
RI’s regular review of responsible investing news
February 2012
FREE Assets in sustainable alternative investment funds leap 16% to $80.9bn – US SIF
Sign that sustainable and responsible investing is increasingly mainstream
October 2011
RI interview - James Gifford, UNPRI: fees, growth, public policy and global expansion
UNPRI executive director maps out its strategy in a crucial year.
January 2011
Asset management grandee slams funds industry, says giant asset owners should take back control
10-point manifesto says long-term economic growth and financial markets stability needs to be reasserted.
June 2010
European Commission to unveil governance Green Paper on June 2
Shareholder empowerment and pay key to new governance plan
May 2010
Stanley Fink’s ECP gets co-chair of UNEP Finance Initiative
Ex-Man Group chief gets a seat at the top table
April 2010
Sustainable hedge fund Greenbay confirms fund closure
Closes doors after raising just €10m
April 2010
Hedge Funds in the SRI context – steps taken and the potential leaps ahead
Increasing numbers of hedge funds are seeing opportunity in the responsible investment space.
March 2009
RI interview: Amy Domini on Obama, SRI returns and clipping hedge funds
After a decade ‘out-of-kilter’, Domini believes SRI strategies are in tune with the new US regime.
February 2009
Nest - Swiss RI pension performance in action
After 25 years of solid returns, fund plans to increase risk and looks to private equity and hedge funds.
December 2007
Getting alpha from activism
Can pension funds profit from increasingly aggressive hedge fund strategies?
October 2007
ABP’s total responsible investment strategy
Rob Lake, senior portfolio manager for environmental, social and governance at ABP, the €221bn ($311bn) pension fund for Dutch civil servants, talks clean tech, engagement and cluster bombs.
October 2007
USS shows enterprise in engagement
David Russell, co-head of Responsible Investment at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the £31bn (€46bn) second largest UK pension fund, explains how its SRI strategy is not just about risk but also reward.
September 2007
The RI interview: Bob Monks
One of the world’s most prominent corporate governance activists since the 1970s, Bob Monks talks about engagement, hedge fund activists, private equity and why ‘discouraged’ is not part of his vocabulary.
July 2007