Arabesque Partners


Arabesque Partners is an Anglo-German investment management firm founded in 2013, with headquarters in London and a research hub in Frankfurt. The company offers a quantitative approach to sustainable investing.
Arabesque combines systematic portfolio technology with the values of the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment and balance sheet and business activity screening.

History

The company was established as a partnership in 2013 through a management buyout of all rights and intellectual property.

Organisation

Arabesque was founded by Omar Selim, who is the Chief Executive Officer based in London. He was formerly Head of Global Markets for institutional clients in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe at Barclays Bank PLC. Arabesque Asset Management is a registered member of the UN Global Compact, the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association and the European Investment Forum. In May 2017,Arabesque Asset Management announced Anja Mikus as CIO to lead the German government’s nuclear phase-out fund.

Research

In September 2014, Arabesque partnered with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford to release a report entitled ‘’. The enhanced meta-study cites over 190 sources and identifies a correlation between high Environmental, Social, Governance quality and financial performance. In January 2015, a case study on the CEO of Arabesque, Omar Selim, was published by George Serafeim and Rebecca Henderson at Harvard Business School, and was taught to MBA students at Harvard Business School.