Sustainability Across Alternative Asset Classes

Free CAIA Level II lesson in Universal Investment Considerations. 21 min read, ~3,171 words.

Sustainability matters to alternatives because it is increasingly material to cash flows, risk, and exit value, not because of ethics alone. Adoption spread through large institutional owners; alternatives sustainable AUM tripled from $206 billion to $762 billion (2016 to 2022) across six asset classes. Institutions pursue four goals: risk-adjusted returns...

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