{"id":17289,"date":"2010-08-19T07:01:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T11:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=17289"},"modified":"2010-08-19T07:04:26","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T11:04:26","slug":"14-billion-swiss-hedge-fund-develops-dow-jones-index-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/08\/2010\/14-billion-swiss-hedge-fund-develops-dow-jones-index-relationship.html","title":{"rendered":"$14 Billion Swiss Hedge Fund Develops Dow Jones Index Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; SAM, the E11.2 billion ($14.36 billion) hedge fund focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, is  deepening its eleven-year-old collaboration with Dow Jones Indexes by  expanding its worldwide Sustainability Index offering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/government-industry-sustainability.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17290\" title=\"hedge fund sustainability\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/government-industry-sustainability-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/government-industry-sustainability-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/government-industry-sustainability.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a>Under this  joint marketing agreement, Dow Jones Indexes will be responsible for  calculation, marketing and distribution of the indexes including the  European indexes, while SAM remains responsible for the component  selections. As a result, SAM\u2019s collaboration with STOXX Ltd., which had  previously calculated the European STOXX Sustainability Indexes, has  been terminated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past eleven years, the Dow Jones  Sustainability Indexes have been successfully developed and expanded  worldwide.&#8221; Rodrigo Amandi, Managing Director SAM Indexes said, &#8220;Through  what is now an exclusive global collaboration with Dow Jones Indexes,  we are taking account of the growing significance of sustainability  benchmarks by offering investors around the world a homogeneous index  family. We extend our thanks to partner STOXX for the positive  cooperation to date and look forward, in partnership with Dow Jones  Indexes, to continuing our pioneering work in the field of  sustainability and shaping the segment\u2019s future growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SAM  retains responsibility for component selection The Dow Jones  Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) are the oldest benchmarks for  Sustainability Investing. Aggregate investment volumes in DJSI-based  portfolios now total more than USD 8bn.<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s offering  comprises asset management, indexes and private equity. Its asset  management capabilities include a range of single-theme, multi-theme and  core sustainability investment strategies catering to institutional  asset owners and financial intermediaries in Europe, the United States,  Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>SAM was founded in 1995, is  headquartered in Zurich and employs over 100 professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson <br \/>Editor for <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; SAM, the E11.2 billion ($14.36 billion) hedge fund focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, is deepening its eleven-year-old collaboration with Dow Jones Indexes by expanding its worldwide Sustainability Index offering. Under this joint marketing agreement, Dow Jones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16005,919,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developing-stories","category-hedge-fund-research","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17292,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289\/revisions\/17292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}