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.