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Bridgewater Associates, one of the most prominent macro hedge funds, is reflecting the integration of sustainability in its research process with two senior appointments. It is also about to launch a UCITS version of its All Weather strategy that is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Bridgewater, a systematic top-down macro investor across asset classes with AUM of $150bn (€123bn), has appointed Carsten Stendevad, former CEO of the Danish labour market pension fund ATP, and Karen Karniol-Tambour, the long-time head of investment research, as co-chief investment officers for sustainability.
The appointments recognise the sustainability research that the firm has been doing for a number of years. Indeed, Bridgewater says that sustainability is now so embedded in all aspects of the economy that it has become a core component of any serious economic analysis.
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Bridgewater Associates (Bridgewater), a global leader in institutional portfolio management and the largest hedge fund in the world, has launched a new sustainable investing venture. Karen Karniol-Tambour and Carsten Stendevad will serve as Co-Chief Investment Officers (Co-CIO) for Sustainability, overseeing the effort, including the design and implementation of investment solutions for clients pursuing sustainability goals alongside their financial targets.
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Former ATP CEO and Karen Karniol-Tambour to Head Bridgewater’s Sustainable Investing Group
Posted on 04/18/2021
Bridgewater Associates, which has roughly US$ 150 billion in assets under management, named two co-CIOs for its sustainable investing group. The two co-CIOs are Karen Karniol-Tambour and Carsten Stendevad.
Karniol-Tambour is previously Bridgewater’s head of investment research. She joined Bridgewater in 2006.
Stendevad is a Bridgewater senior investment executive (joined in February 2017) and will lead efforts on the design and implementation of sustainable investments with clients pursuing sustainability goals alongside their financial targets. Stendevad was CEO of Danish investment giant ATP from January 2013 to December 2016.
Karniol-Tambour and Stendevad will also serve as co-chairs of Bridgewater’s new sustainable investing committee.