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BioFinancial Corp: Creating new markets to trade in
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Greenwald and Coleman: shorting pie in the sky |
Craig Greenwald and Matt Coleman started looking at the liquid side of investment in renewable energy two years ago. Coleman was working for a firm that was focusing on financing alternative energy projects and noticed that many of the large institutional investors were making a push into renewable energy. Most, though, were investing in private equity that covered the sector and there was little opportunity to get exposure to renewable energy through the public markets.
"Back then we saw very few hedge funds offering opportunities to invest via the public...
