Asset manager Alquity, an emerging markets specialist, is launching a global equity impact fund focusing on ESG metrics of the companies it invests in.
The quant-driven Global Impact Fund uses companies’ ESG metrics and their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Alquity recently announced a strategic partnership with East Capital Group and a capital raise by Martin Gilbert (pictured), a well-known former chief executive in asset management.
Marnie Aragon-Uy, global head of quantitative strategies at Alquity, manages the fund and said there would be transparency surrounding the firm’s impact.
“By using a data-led approach, portfolio risks and impact metrics are constantly monitored to ensure they remain within our targeted risk and impact profiles. This transparency means our clients will know that the fund is having a positive impact, investing in the cream of the ESG crop, delivering against the SDGs while also targeting superior risk-adjusted returns,” said the fund manager.
The fund prioritises companies from around the world which are “committed to producing high quality products and services that have a positive sustainability, societal and environmental impact”.
Brad Crombie, CEO of Alquity, said: “We believe [the fund] will deliver the value created by the increasing convergence of ESG and impact data. Our investment team has laid the foundations for high quality ESG in emerging markets; now we are making use of our wider skillsets to take this approach global.”
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