Event Voice: Your Questions Answered by BMO Global Asset Management at the Fund Selector Briefing Scotland
Jamie Jenkins, Managing Director, co-Head of Global Equities, BMO Global Asset Management
Can you give a brief overview of your strategy in terms of what you are trying to achieve for investors, your investment process and the make-up of the investment team?
Launched in 1987, the BMO Responsible Global Equity Fund aims to provide capital growth while driving positive change in society and the environment. We orientate investment decisions around our Avoid, Invest, Improve philosophy, which underpins all our ESG-focused offerings. Quite simply this means we exclude companies perceived harmful to people and the planet; harness long-term sustainable opportunities by investing in companies we perceive as market leaders within several megatrends such as energy transition and health & wellbeing; and use our position of influence to engage with companies around improving their manag