Climate Change Capital: Towards a carbon hedge fund

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Gareth Hughes, Climate Change Capital

“The space is starting to get more cluttered”
Gareth Hughes, Climate Change Capital

Climate Change Capital launched a €800 million private equity fund in 2006 to invest in the carbon markets. Gareth Hughes, head of corporate development at Climate Change Capital, says that with more opportunities and greater liquidity in the markets a hedge fund structure will eventually become more plausible for a carbon financing investment vehicle, particularly through the use of side-pockets for less liquid investments requiring longer-dated securities.

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