Aviva Investors targets climate transition with global equity launch

Jamie Ramos Martin to manage new Climate Transition Global Equity fund

Aviva Investors has launched its second equity fund targeting opportunities arising from the transition to a low carbon economy in less than a year, Investment Week can reveal.

Managed by Jaime Ramos Martin with support from climate change specialist and senior ESG analyst Rick Stathers, the Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity fund will invest in companies whose revenues derive from goods and services addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation. Responsible capitalism in the US: Renewable energy In addition to allocating to companies that are "aligning their business models for a warmer, low-carbon world", the fund will not invest in those exposed to coal, unconventional fossil fuels, Arctic oil and gas production, or thermal coal electr...