HS Group, one of the largest providers of long term capital to alternative asset management firms, has formed a strategic partnership with sustainability focused asset manager, Mercator Partners.
HS Group, one of the largest providers of long term capital to alternative asset management firms, has formed a strategic partnership with sustainability focused asset manager, Mercator Partners.
Established in 2018, Mercator is an alternative asset manager dedicated to decarbonisation opportunities across basic industries. The firm combines an experienced and proven portfolio construction team led by co-founder and chief investment officer Scott Hobart, with a differentiated investment process built around primary research.
Mercator launched the Mercator Convergence Fund, a low net global long/short equity mandate in April 2019. The strategy draws heavily on the EU Taxonomy framework to inform positioning. Mercator aligns closely with academia and has harnessed the resources of national laboratories that have undertaken pioneering work in support of the move to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Martin Fransson, co-founder, directs primary research and earned his PhD in physical chemistry with a focus on material science and catalysis at Princeton. The third co-founder, Matthew Cross oversees stock specific research.
Mercator also supports founders seeking to commercialise innovative intellectual property that offers a pathway to decarbonisation with recent seed investments spanning business models delivering scalable and permanent carbon dioxide removal and new approaches to reactor design in the field of fusion energy.
