How instos are getting hedge funds to embrace ESG

Anthony Cowell, partner, KPMG and Armin Rajan, CEO, CREATE-Research

Mar 16, 2020

The hedge fund industry has been relatively slow to embrace environmental, social and governance (ESG). But this looks likely to change as asset owners increasingly demand it.

How instos are getting hedge funds to embrace ESG

While some hedge funds have been early adopters of sustainable investing, the industry’s advance has been incremental thus far. This is now changing as institutional investors demand the adoption of ESG into their investment process, the hedge fund industry recognises the potential for alpha generation through ESG factors, and regulators force their hands through new rules. The traditional risk–return equation is being rewritten to include ESG factors.

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