Fund giant BlackRock has launched two actively-managed funds for investors seeking to align their climate values with their investment goals.
The funds will seek to outperform traditional markets through the incorporation of climate-related financial catalysts and sustainable insights into the strategies. The firm said that the BGF Climate Action Multi-Asset fund was the first of its kind to take a "truly multi-asset approach" to investing in issuers seeking to lower their greenhouse gases, with a focus on clean power, sustainable nutrition, biodiversity and clean transport. BlackRock launches world ESG insights equity fund It will also seek to deliver a lower carbon emissions intensity score than its benchmark - the MSC...
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