Schroders Investment Management is in the process of developing a swathe of new funds and investment trust launches, focusing on sustainability and impact products.
In response to a spike in client demand for ESG-linked products, Schroders is looking to bring new funds to market as soon as "late summer", according to head of UK intermediary Doug Abbott. In October, Abbott told Investment Week that Schroders was planning to introduce "a range of strategies in [the sustainability] area into the UK market" within global equities, but particularly the UK equity space, "which is where most clients in the UK seem to be allocating at the moment". Since then the firm has launched three unit trusts, including the Global Sustainable Growth (GSG) and Globa...
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