Hedge funds seek out ways to navigate Trump's anti-climate agenda

Federal Jobs, Science, and Anti-Intellectualism: Climate Scientists Speak Out - Non Profit News

Credit: Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash The headlines document the hostility of the administration of President Donald Trump to the scientific community. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The New York Times estimates 1,300 layoffs and resignations since Trump took office, with another 1,000 threatened. At the US Environmental Protection Agency, an estimated 1,155 scientists face possible layoffs. Then there are the cut…

Hedge funds seek out ways to navigate Trump's anti-climate agenda

As President Donald Trump takes a hatchet to the clean-energy transition, a number of hedge funds are trying to figure out how to make money on low-carbon investments that appear resilient to White House attacks. Their preferred assets are generally located outside the US, including utilities and grid-equipment providers, the money managers said. Some also are turning to natural gas, which Europe has designated a green asset suited to enabling t…

Hedge Funds Seek Out Ways to Navigate Trump’s Anti-Climate Agenda

As President Donald Trump takes a hatchet to the clean-energy transition, a number of hedge funds are trying to figure out how to make money on low-carbon investments that appear resilient to White House attacks.

In the first quarter of this year, investors withdrew funds from ESG sustainable development funds to a record high, initially showing that since President Trump took office, American investors' resistance to the environmental, social and governance (DEI) policies advocated by the left is spreading around the world. ESG is an abbreviation for environmental, social and corporate governance, and is mainly used to measure the social responsibility …

Valiant sees double-digit gains as bullish bets pay off

Chris Hansen’s Valiant Capital Management is riding a wave of volatility to strong returns, with bearish bets paying off handsomely in April as markets reeled from US President Donald Trump’s renewed tariff push, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The report cites an investor letter seen by the Journal as confirming that the $1.4bn long-short equity hedge fund posted a 9% net gain in the first half of April, bringing year-to-date …

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From Bloomberg: Pierre Andurand's hedge fund, Andurand Commodities Discretionary Enhanced, lost about 19% in the first three weeks of April and about 52% this year. The fund's losses may be due to turmoil in commodities such as oil and copper, which have been affected by US President Donald Trump'... Article link