Climate Change Data

Tetragon Financial Group Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019-02, 2020, 2021-01 to 2021-06, 2022, 2022-01 to 2022-06, 2023, 2023-01 to 2023-06)

Reporting Period: 2019-02

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

  • Investment Company of the Year Award (2017 and 2018 nominations)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global economy and markets, adversely affecting several investments and the industries in which they operate.
  • Corporate credit fundamentals deteriorated due to the pandemic, resulting in losses in the CLO portfolio and real estate investments.
  • Challenges in consummating deals and launching businesses in a remote-work environment.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Obtained a 10-year $250 million revolving credit facility, replacing the previous shorter-dated facility and lowering its annual cost.
  • Repurchased $50.3 million of shares, accretive to NAV per share.
  • Returned $36.4 million to shareholders in dividends.
  • TFG Asset Management and Brandon Baer launched Contingency Capital, a multi-product global asset management business.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: AIC Code of Corporate Governance

Awards & Recognition

  • Investment Company of the Year Award (2017, 2018)

Reporting Period: 2021-01 to 2021-06

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2022-01 to 2022-06

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Weakness in the British Pound affecting Equitix valuation.
  • Decrease in market multiples for comparable asset managers.
  • Project-specific delays in Hawke's Point investments due to flat gold prices.
  • Weakness in technology and equity capital markets.
  • Broad sell-off in growth and technology equities.
  • Losses in biotechnology exposures.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Increased credit facility from $250 million to $400 million.
  • Completed a $42.0 million share repurchase.
  • Diversification of investments across asset classes, investment vehicles, durations, and investor types.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Community Investment
  • Employee Wellbeing

Social Achievements

  • Launched Tetragon in the Community initiative, partnering with local organizations in London and New York to provide educational enrichment and community beautification projects.
  • TFG Asset Management sponsored One Young World’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2023.
  • Acasta Partners launched the Acasta Partners Further Education Scholarship.
  • The Equitix Foundation raised over £120,000 for three charities.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Market uncertainty driven by persistent inflation and aggressive central bank rate hikes.
  • Solvency crisis gripping U.S. regional banks.
  • Weakening U.S. jobs market.
  • Recovery in public valuations.
  • Emerging pressures in global shipping and supply chains.
  • Growing geopolitical tensions.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Defensive capital preservation.
  • Diversified investment approach focusing on low-correlation assets.
  • Active cash management to cover future commitments and capitalize on opportunities.
  • Adaptive approach to portfolio construction to navigate uncertain environments.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: AIC Code of Corporate Governance

Third-party Assurance: KPMG Channel Islands Limited

Reporting Period: 2023-01 to 2023-06

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Market challenges in 2022 included geopolitical crisis, supply chain stresses, and aggressive interest rate hikes by central banks, leading to losses in various asset classes.
  • In March 2023, losses in U.S. regional bank investment portfolios raised solvency concerns and prompted deposit flight, resulting in bank failures and tighter lending standards.
  • Concerns about regional access to credit and a potentially slowing economy, particularly impacting the smaller-cap segment of the U.S. market.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Tetragon's diversified investment strategy across credit, equity, interest rate, inflation, and real estate cycles helped mitigate some of the market challenges.
  • Opportunistic portfolio construction allowed Tetragon to invest in situations where other investors were rebalancing unbalanced, illiquid, or impaired portfolios.
  • Share repurchases of $25.1 million in April 2023.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities