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Aviva Investors launches global bond ESG fund May 06, 2021 By Funds Europe
Aviva Investors has launched a climate transition bond fund in a further sign of how asset managers are extending ESG investing into fixed income.
The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Credit Fund will invest in companies offering goods and services for climate change mitigation and is launched with a $350 million (€290.7 million) allocation from Aviva Investors multi-asset strategies.
Tom Chinery, Justine Vroman and Rick Stathers manage the fund and will exclude fossil fuel companies and target industries including renewable energy, sustainable transport and “environmentally-conscious lending”.
Significantly, says Aviva Investors, the approach also aims to capture “transition-oriented companies with low decarbonisation and physical impact risk, extending the investment universe beyond businesses with obvious green credentials”.
Investment Week is hosting its Asia, China & India Market Briefing at a pivotal time for investors as they start to position for the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, although risks remain.
During this interactive briefing, we will hear from a number of Asia managers about their response to the extraordinary events of the past year and their outlook for the rest of the year and beyond.
The managers will identify where they are seeing the biggest opportunities and risks at the moment in Asia and explain the role their strategies could play in client portfolios.
Attendees will also get the chance to network with peers, quiz our speakers, as well as benefit from CPD points.
So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap, ‘pension freedoms or consultations around ‘value for money , says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).Download
In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.Download
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board – The Canadian pension investor has appointed
Nick Jansa as senior managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, responsible for leading the investment activities and portfolio management in the region. Based in Ontario Teachers’ London office, he will report to CIO Ziad Hindo.
Ontario Teachers’ also announced that promoting
Ben Chan, who joined the investor in 2018, to the role of senior managing director, Asia Pacific (APAC). Ontario Teachers’ said Chan “has been instrumental in growing investment activities in Asia, attracting critical talent to the region, and most recently, overseeing the opening of our new Singapore office”.