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Michael Lent, CIO Veris Wealth Partners. 100 Women in Hedge Funds June 2009. Private and Confidential. Sustainability . What do we mean?.
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Michael Lent, CIO Veris Wealth Partners 100 Women in Hedge Funds June 2009 Private and Confidential
Sustainability. What do we mean? Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their social, economic and environmental needs. Sustainabilityissues are critical to a company’s ability to generate returns. When investing in companies these issues must be fully integrated into fundamental equity analysis Sustainability Issues Global Transition: Abundance to scarcity Natural resource preservation Climate change Health & Wellbeing Human Capital, Empowerment & Creativity Pandemics: HIV/AIDS Poverty/Development needs Water & Energy Corporate governance Demography/Urbanization
Socially Responsible Investing in the United States $2.7 Trillion in 2007 • Individual Separate Accounts in 2007 • High Net Worth Individuals: $39 Billion • Institutional Investors: $1.88 Trillion Source: Social Investment Forum Foundation
UN PRI Signatories by Region UN PRI formed in 2005 and consists of the world’s largest institutional investors joining together to develop principles for responsible investment Institutions 360 institutions / $14 trillion in assets Increasing role of consultants Integration of ESG into RFPs
Solutions to Sustainable Investing SRI/Sustainable Managers: Long-term investment view integrating sustainability research within a rigorous fundamental equity analysis framework aiming for superior investment results Traditional Managers with customized overlay screens: SRI Strict and SRI Best in Class Impact & Community Investing: Micro-finance, community loan funds & notes, social equity funds and venture philanthropy focused on social enterprises and community development creating positive sustainable solutions to society’s most intractable problems in the U.S. and globally
Solutions to Sustainable Investing Sustainable Alternatives: Private equity, venture capital, real estate and hedge funds focused on sustainable business development including: Climate Change, Green & Responsible Real Estate, Clean Technology, Health & Wellbeing and New Lifestyle businesses Shareholder Advocacy: Promoting corporate responsibility through the proxy voting process, by initiating shareholder resolutions, encouraging shareholders to vote their proxies responsibly and shareholder dialogue and engagement
Sustainability Investing Performance SUSTAINABILITY CAN OUTPERFORM Cumulative Outperformance in % Source: SAM The results do not represent returns of an actual portfolio. Results are shown gross of fees. Results would be reduced by application of fees and expenses incurred in the management of an account. • TERMINOLOGY • Outperformance (p.a. in %) refers to the average annualized outperformance of a given portfolio relative to the overall sample • of companies (Portfolios 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5). • Tracking Error (in %) refers to how closely a portfolio follows the wider sample to which it is benchmarked, as measured by the standard • deviation of the relative stock returns. • Information Ratio = outperformance/tracking error. This is basically a measure of risk-adjusted returns. • T-Stat in this context is a measure of statistical significance Source: Sustainable Asset Management
Resource Page Social Investment Forum: www.socialinvest.org KLD Research and Analytics, LLC: www.kld.com SRI Studies: www.sristudies. Sustainable Asset Management: www.sam-group.com Global Impact Investing Network: www.globalimpactinvestingnetwork.org
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