Aegon Asset Management has finished the transition of its Aegon Diversified Growth fund to a sustainable focus and is renaming the fund Aegon Sustainable Diversified Growth from 1 April to reflect this shift.
In January 2020 the managers began transitioning the fund to benefit from sustainability-related investment themes. This was achieved initially through the global equity allocation and followed by the fixed income and alternatives allocations. Aegon makes hires and promotions in responsible investment team Co-managed by Colin Dryburgh and Robert-Jan van der Mark of Aegon AM's Multi-Asset Team, the £534m fund aims to return 4% over inflation through a globally diversified portfolio of equities, bonds and alternative assets. Stephen Jones, global CIO of multi-asset & Solutions, said...
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