Prime Sustainability Series

There’s No ‘EBITDA’ for ESG…Yet

How are alternative funds responding to broader sustainability trends in capital markets? Diving into fund ESG policies and processes, investor demand for sustainable products, and why concepts of financial materiality are critical to the next decade.

Healthcare – Why Care?

Assessing External Healthcare Managers: Allocator Considerations

Over the next decade, healthcare will be a transformative sector that allocators continue to lean into as they build and adapt portfolios - not only in search of investment returns, but investment in our future. Healthcare – Why Care? is meant to be a helpful guide for allocator’s for investing in the sector, mapping the investable universe, identifying key trends and themes, and exploring critical considerations when moving from interest to allocation.

The State of Our Union 2021

After a momentous year that reshaped the globe and capital markets, we are using this State of Our Union to conduct a deep dive revisiting the pillars of the hedge fund industry. 2020 findings revealed why the industry may be one of the most exciting and vital for the coming decade – and could be the start of a new golden age of hedge funds. We explore what it means to launch, grow and manage an alternative asset firm at this start of a new decade, and how diverse tailwinds may shape the years ahead.

Better Best Practices

ODD: Optimized, Dedicated, and Deliberate

Nearly every aspect of conducting business has been called into question this year, and the Better Best Practices series aimed to uncover and detail the actionable protocols and procedures that have evolved. We are providing data and anecdotes observed across the industry to better inform our clients how Operational Due Diligence has changed.

Are Financials the New ‘Must Have’ Specialists

For many investors, two sectors have dominated headlines (and in many cases, portfolios) over the last decade: Technology and Healthcare. But increasingly, the Financials sector is emerging as an area of keen focus – with trends that are driving innovation in the space, steady growth in new launches and product offerings, and a strong opportunity set in the sector. 

Resilience and Resurgence of Active Management

Funds, Flows, and the Future

Hedge fund industry health indicators include strong performance, asset inflows, and new launches – which have all been observed in 2020. A volatile year signaled the end to an otherwise quiet decade, and Jefferies Capital Intelligence Team is asking the question: is active management roaring back to life?

ESG: ‘E’-Harmony

The Quest to Standardize Environmental and Sustainable Reporting

Sustainable investing has long lacked the true standardization that that traditional financial reporting represents. But a growing number of ‘sustainable factors’ have been determined to be financially material. ‘E’-Harmony examines the what, how, how often, and why of sustainability reporting, and what may lie ahead for companies and asset managers alike. What are the challenges and opportunities moving forward for a harmonized set of clear, robust and accurate ESG reporting standards?

An All-Encompassing Economy

Nadia Batchelor, the Co-Founder & Co-Head of J-NOBLE – Jefferies Network of Black and Latinx employees, Kristina Liburd (Founder & CEO of Viageur) and Boyuan Gao (Founder & Principle of Project Inkblot), Stephanie Wemusa (VP Diversity & Inclusion at TalVista) and Evie Cheung (Designer at Doblin), explore how the powerful social justice movement in 2020 created lasting changes for businesses and consumers around the world.

A New Peace of Mind

Jefferies experts Dominic Lester and Ramin Safai, are joined by Christian Cerda, the CEO of Simplisafe and Thomas Smyth, founder and CEO of Trim. In this episode, we explore how this need for fortification has been accelerated by work-from-home orders and lockdowns, and how this year has changed our idea of security for good.

Lean, Mean and Green: The Future of Sustainable Businesses

Simon Powell, Jon Matuszewski, and Dominic Lester are joined by Tom Quinn, the President of Halio North America, Erin Wallace, the VP of Integrated Marketing at Thred Up and Thrive Market CEO Nick Green, to dig into how tech is powering green innovations in a wide range of industries. We hear from business leaders how this force is not only good for the Earth, but good for your company's bottom line.

The Changing Face of Urban Space

Jon Matuszewski, Storm Duncan and Nadia Batchelor join from Jefferies to discuss whether the city-dwellers considering swapping skylines for suburbs will really move, and what implications this may have on the future of city space? Taco Carlier, the co-founder of the Dutch e-bike company Van Moof explores what the pandemic might do for the future of urban transportation.

When Tech is Your Tailor

Jefferies experts Cameron Lester and Jared Holz explore how the shift towards hyper-personalized goods and services is revolutionizing the retail and healthcare landscapes. They are joined by Nick Green, the co-founder and CEO of Thrive Market, Chris Merkle, the co-founder of MIME, and Dr. William Li, a physician and bestselling author of Eat to Beat Disease.