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Quercus Real Assets

London, ENG, UK • 20 - 49 Employees
Investment Bank/Securities Brokerage

Quercus Real Assets is an impact investment firm specialising in energy transition investments regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.Since creation in 2010, our strategies have been founded on the belief that the creation of long-term environmental and social capital underpins and strengthens investors' and shareholders' returns. We are committed to investing responsibly for sustainable income and capital returns while contributing to a carbon-neutral future. Quercus' founders, Diego Biasi and Simone Borla, also established a Luxembourg Fund which grew to be one of the top 10 largest European independent funds specialized in utility scale renewable energy investments. The Fund successfully completed over €1bn in gross investments since inception and in October 2019 was sold in the largest Pan-European renewables transaction in 2019. For Quercus, the sale completed a 10-year Phase One of its European investment strategy. In January 2020, Quercus' Chairman, Diego Biasi, embarked on Phase Two by joining forces with Marco D'Arrò, founder of the Real Asset Group, a capital advisory firm having advised and arranged €3.6bn of gross investments since its inception in 2013 and became Quercus Real Assets. Our team have extensive international investment experience and between them, have successfully executed over 100 deals. We are an FCA registered AIFM and have successfully managed 5 funds regulated by the CSSF. Our strategies are founded on the belief that the creation of long-term environmental and social capital underpins and strengthens investors' and shareholders' returns. We have a duty to invest responsibly for strong and sustainable income and capital returns while operating on a carbon positive basis.