Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched an Asian equity fund aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, targeting companies in the region "making a positive contribution to society".
The ASI Asian Sustainable Development Equity fund will house a portfolio of 30 to 60 stocks with "strong growth potential" and demonstrating "significant opportunities to identify and allocate capital to the unmet-needs highlighted by UN SDGs", the firm said. HSBC GAM announces 'new generation' of sustainable equity ETFs Launched in 2016, the UN's 17 SDGs are designed to help address some of the world's biggest environmental and societal challenges, such as poverty, inequality and climate change. Since launch, a growing list of asset managers and other financial institutions have alig...
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