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    Rewriting the Rules: Key Issues Shaping the Compliance Landscape

    2022-07-26

    Hedge Week: As hedge funds’ compliance teams get to grips with a byzantine array of plans from market authorities on both sides of the Atlantic, wider economic and political developments are continuing to recalibrate the investment and regulatory environment.

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    Quant Manager Mark Carhart to Start Third Climate Hedge Fund

    2022-07-26

    BNN Bloomberg: The Carbon Evolution Fund will trade securities such as California Carbon Allowances and derivatives tied to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and European Union Allowances for emissions, said a person with direct knowledge of the new offering from Kepos Capital. 

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    Put Short Selling on the ESG Investing Table, Say Hedge Fund Managers

    2022-07-25

    Wealth Professional: Investors engaged in accomplishing environmental, social, and governance objectives have favoured shareholder activism and divestment as their preferred strategy. However, it may also be beneficial to take short positions on businesses that violate ESG regulations.

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    When It Comes to Achieving ESG Goals, Is Short Selling More Effective Than Shareholder Activism?

    2022-07-21

    Institutional Investor: Shareholder activism and divestment have been the favorite strategies of investors interested in achieving environmental, social, and governance goals. But taking short positions on companies that don’t follow ESG rules might help, too. 

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    There Were More ESG Proposals Than Ever This Year. But Fewer Passed.

    2022-07-19

    Institutional Investor: The enthusiasm for sustainable investing is higher than ever. But in terms of shareholder proposals that were actually passed in the proxy season, the picture looks less rosy.

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    In Times of Stress, Female Fund Managers Take Less Risk Than Men — For the Same Performance

    2022-07-19

    Institutional Investor: Female fund managers tend to play it safe during periods of negative market sentiment, while male investors take on more risk. But in the end, their risk-adjusted performance is the same, according to new research

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    Fund Manager Snubs ESG Stock Favorites and Handily Beats Peers

    2022-07-15

    Yahoo Finance: The top-performing ESG fund for emerging markets surpassed its peers in the first half of 2022 by adopting a low-risk strategy that rejected tech companies Tencent Holdings Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

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    Is it Time for Creditor Activism to Address ESG Risks?

    2022-07-14

    Wealth Management: Until recently, much of the impact investing focus has centered on the role that equity investors can play in bringing about positive environmental, social and governance changes. 

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    ESG Faces ’Make or Break’ Moment as Industry Comes of Age, According to New Report

    2022-07-14

    EY: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing and reporting is facing existential questions associated with a lack of standardization, regulation and common purpose, according to The emerging sustainability information ecosystem, a new report published today by the EY organization and Oxford Analytica. Rising inflation and the war in Ukraine are compounding these challenges.

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    ESG Unlikely to Survive in its Current Form, Lobby Warns

    2022-07-11

    Money Marketing: Lobby group Net Zero Watch has warned that environmental, societal, and governance (ESG) is unlikely to survive in its current form. They told Money Marketing that ESG has become an investment risk as a result of the energy crisis.

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