Insights

Research and perspectives on natural-asset capital markets.

Long-form analysis, market notes, and research — written for the institutional reader.

Nature Is Not an ESG Issue. It Is an Investment Issue.

Most institutional portfolios already carry natural-resource exposure, but capture only one dimension of natural assets' value. A research note on why nature is increasingly a portfolio risk question rather than a sustainability question.

Gireesh Shrimali, PhD (University of Oxford)

News

90% of institutional investors want exposure to natural assets. Until now, they lacked an easy and compliant way in.

Ridge launches the financial infrastructure for natural assets.

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Research

The Frontier of Bankability: What Stops a Pension Fund from Buying a Forest?

The financial case for natural assets holds — so where is the capital? A structural walk through the five barriers between institutional investors and nature finance, from classification to governance.

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News

A Dutch pension fund moved €33 billion — and it isn't the only one

Within months, two of the Netherlands' largest pension funds — PFZW and PME — pulled multi-billion mandates from BlackRock and others, citing sustainability and stewardship. A note on what asset-owner behaviour is signalling.

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