Hedge funds: Man’s green stand starts to pay off

Man is the world’s largest hedge fund group, with more than $65 billion in assets. It also claims to be the greenest hedge fund. CEO Peter Clarke tells Helen Avery how alternative investment firms can offer the returns investors want and play a positive role in preventing climate change.

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Peter Clarke, CEO MAN

IF YOU NEED evidence of Man Group’s commitment to combating climate change, try organizing an interview with CEO Peter Clarke. When Euromoney proposes to fly from New York to London to speak to Clarke, it is gently suggested: “How about doing this on a video conference call from our Rockefeller office in mid-town instead? We’ve upgraded our video conferencing capabilities. We’re trying to do as much as we can to reduce the need to fly people around the world.

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