BNP Paribas AM CEO Miners: "We are not resting on our laurels"

Working hard to move in a new direction

Lauren Mason speaks to UK CEO of BNP Paribas Asset Management Roger Miners about an upcoming fund launch, plans to reopen the soft-closed Energy Transition fund and what the introduction of a new company strapline spells for the firm's future direction.

"After I joined BNP Paribas [Asset Management] three years ago, we decided to put sustainability at the centre of what we do," the firm's UK CEO Roger Miners told Investment Week. "At the time this seemed a very bold move, because when you stand for something, it means you are not standing for 101 other things." Since then, BNP Paribas AM has heavily incorporated ESG factors into each one of its strategies - amounting to a total of €483bn of assets under management and spread across asset classes including equities, fixed income, multi-asset, private debt and real estate. Octopus I...