09:00 - 10:45

Giulio Franzinetti (United Kingdom)
Member of the Advisory Board - Vigeo

Juergen Habichler (Switzerland )
Founding Partner - Mountain Cleantech AG

Investing Growth Capital in the European / German Cleantech Sector

Cleantech is one of the top investment sectors of the future. Especially the German speaking region is offering a lot of opportunities for growth capital financing. This presentation will provide an overview on the European / German Cleantech market and highlight a few success stories.

William C. Crerend (United States of America)
President and Chief Executive Officer - EACM Advisors LLC

How Can Faith Based Investors Access Hedge Funds?

Bill will discuss the challenges of hedge fund investing from a faith based perspective. As one of very few managers globally who has been through the process and created a specialist vehicle, he will reveal how hedge fund investors can achieve the goal of selecting the best, diversified alpha sources while adhering to the requirements imposed by a faith based perspective, and how to avoid adverse selection risk.

Erik Eidolf (Sweden)
Executive Director - Harcourt Investment Consulting

Hedge Funds In The SRI Context – Steps Taken And The Potential Leaps Ahead

SRI/ESG is increasingly getting a foothold in the (alternative) investment industry. Hedge funds are particularly suited for SRI investing. They tend to be very active investors and able to quickly adapt to changing markets, therefore they are also suited to embrace SRI/ESG in their investment practices. The presentation will explain how SRI/ESG can be and is expressed in hedge fund context - what is the current state & key challanges? How can investors express SRI/ESG issues through hedge funds and how can hedge funds be inspired to integrate SRI/ESG?