Synthetic carbon credit tokens provide derivative exposure to carbon markets (e.g., ICE EUA, voluntary indices) via futures, total return swaps, or oracle-replicated performance, without physical custody or retirement of underlying credits. This delivers operational efficiency (fractionalization, 24/7 liquidity, reduced verification costs) but introduces material counterparty risk (issuer solvency/fulfillment), basis/tracking error risk (deviation from reference index…
Hamza Lemssouguer's Arini Capital fund, launched in 2022 with $1.3 billion and reaching $20 billion in assets under management, is highlighted for its focus on European distressed debt and high-yield credit refinancing for companies like Altice. Arini closed its flagship fund at $4 billion to maintain performance and is expanding into CLOs and private credit.…